Proust, Pastiche, and the Postmodern or Why Style Matters

By James F. Austin

In this book, Austinargues against the traditional critical view that minimizes Proust's practice of pastiche--the imitation of a writer's style--and that considers it a simple exercise of mastering the predecessor. Instead, this work establishes pastiche as a powerful, ubiquitous practice central to Proust's entire oeuvre.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611486920
• ISBN13: 9781611486926
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"