To illuminate Proust, consider Zola, who aspires, like Proust to a mythic scale, and whose novel Germinal is an epic … More
Tag: Sociology
196. (Marcel Proust)
In trying to describe the relationship between instinct and intention, convention and originality, which characterizes literary creation, few notions are … More
12. (Robert Browning)
Something happens to attention in works of literature during the early stages of the Victorian era—I had wanted to say … More
4. (Henry James)
A friendly debate this afternoon about late Henry James and consciousness: what late Henry James does to, makes of, or … More
Critical Provisions 