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Proust in the Power of Photography, Hardcover by Brassai; Howard, Richard (TR...
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- Book Title
- Proust in the Power of Photography
- ISBN
- 9780226071442
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Proust in the Power of Photography
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 7.5in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 12.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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One of the most original and memorable photographers of the twentieth century, Brassaï was also a journalist, sculptor, and writer. He took great pride in his writing, and he loved literature and language-French most of all. When he arrived in Paris in 1924, Brassaï began teaching himself French by reading Proust. Captured by the sensuality and visual strategies of Proust's writing, Brassaï soon became convinced that he had discovered a kindred spirit. Brassaï wrote: "In his battle against Time, that enemy of our precarious existence, ever on the offensive though never openly so, it was in photography, also born of an age-old longing to halt the moment, to wrest it from the flux of duration in order to 'fix' it forever in a semblance of eternity, that Proust found his best ally." He quoted Proust in his own writing, and from the annotated books in his library, we know that he spent a lifetime studying and dissecting Proust's prose, often line by line. Drawing on his own experience as a photographer and author, Brassaï discovers a neglected aspect of Proust's interests, offering us a fascinating study of the role of photography both in Proust's oeuvre and in early-twentieth-century culture. Brassaï shows us how Proust was excessively interested in possessing portraits of his acquaintances and how the process by which he remembered and wrote was quite similar to the ways in which photographs register and reveal life's images. This book-beautifully translated by Richard Howard-features previously obscure photographs from Brassaï's High Society series and offers a rare glimpse into two of France's most fascinating artistic minds.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226071448
ISBN-13
9780226071442
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1737089
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Proust in the Power of Photography
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.5in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq2631.R63z545257513
Table of Content
Introduction I Photography in Proust's Life 1 Birth of a Passion 2 Exchanges of Photographs 3 The Role of Photography in Proust's Artistic Formation II Keys for the Search 4 The Giant Photograph of the Knights of Malta 5 The Portrait of Berma 6 To Win Back Her Husband, Gilberte Obtains Photographs of His Mistress 7 Saint-Loup's Disappointment 8 The Longed-for Photograph of Gilberte Swann 9 Miss Sacripant, the "Lady in Pink," and Odette: One and the Same Person 10 The Fascinating Duchess de Guermantes 11 When Marcel's Grandmother Poses for Saint-Loup 12 The Profaned Photograph of Vinteuil 13 The Photograph of Charlus Puts Morel to Flight 14 Reincarnations III The Influence of Photography on Proust's Thought 15 A Photographer's Studio 16 Reportage 17 A Lens of Variable Focal Length 18 Chronophotography 19 An A-human Vision 20 Photography at the Origin of Proustian Relativism 21 From Latent Image to Involuntary Memory
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Individual Photographers / General, European / French, General, Criticism, History / General
Lccn
2001-027510
Dewey Decimal
843/.912
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Photography, Art, Literary Criticism
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