Where Mem'ry Dwells

A semester reading Proust

Proust in Translation

What is the relationship between art and the world around us? Is art a background to reality, or reality the background to art? Does art...

Throughout Swann’s Way, Marcel Proust contemplates the nature of reality and our interpretations of it. Whether Proust delivers a...

In Proust's In Search of Lost Time, the young narrator suggests that his first experience of writing is like a hen laying an egg, that...

Spoiler Alert: This post is best read when one has finished the majority of the novel. Warning: These posts contain references to...

The French historical philosopher and anthropologist Rene Girard believes that all of our desires are stolen from others. In his book,...

In Search of Lost Time is a work of memory exploration. In writing it, Proust illuminated much of how we experience memory and preceded...

In Proust as Musician, French author and musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez argues that the narrative of In Search of Lost Time is...

Spoiler Alert: This entry presumes readers have completed The Fugitive. In Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, Martha...

Fashion plays an important role in Proust's In Search of Lost Time. The narrator pays close attention to the fashion choices of major...

A Künstlerroman, meaning “artist’s novel” in German, is a less common variation of the personal development story – such as the...