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The author challenges the view that literary texts cannot be examined by words alone, arguing that images also play a role in the interpretation process.

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Translator's note; Introduction; Part I. The Mottled Screen: Figurations of Visual Art: 1. This is not a painting; 2. Rembrandt, perhaps; 3. Chardin reads Proust; 4. Proust reads Chardin; Part II. Voyages of Discovery: 5. Optical instruments; 6. The magnifying glass and the journey to Spain; 7. Swelling hillsides; 8. Dances; 9. The father revised and corrected; 10. The fountain of ink; 11. Journey under the skin; Part III. The Flatness of Photography: 12. Positive-negative: the visual rhetoric of capture; 13. The photograph from beyond the grave; 14. Photographic effects; 15. Snapshots: fake depth; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.

The Mottled Screen Reading Proust Visually

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      Publisher: MK - Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780804728089, 978-0804728089
      ISBN10: 0804728089

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author challenges the view that literary texts cannot be examined by words alone, arguing that images also play a role in the interpretation process.

      Table of Contents
      Translator's note; Introduction; Part I. The Mottled Screen: Figurations of Visual Art: 1. This is not a painting; 2. Rembrandt, perhaps; 3. Chardin reads Proust; 4. Proust reads Chardin; Part II. Voyages of Discovery: 5. Optical instruments; 6. The magnifying glass and the journey to Spain; 7. Swelling hillsides; 8. Dances; 9. The father revised and corrected; 10. The fountain of ink; 11. Journey under the skin; Part III. The Flatness of Photography: 12. Positive-negative: the visual rhetoric of capture; 13. The photograph from beyond the grave; 14. Photographic effects; 15. Snapshots: fake depth; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.

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