
Published online:
26 September 2013
Published in print:
03 July 2013
Online ISBN:
9780199345755
Print ISBN:
9780199931514
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I. The loved one’s absence from the lover’s desires I. The loved one’s absence from the lover’s desires
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II. The self as an “appareil vide”: a critique of psychological analysis II. The self as an “appareil vide”: a critique of psychological analysis
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III. The “notes fondamentales” from the perspective of memory: psychological analysis reinstated III. The “notes fondamentales” from the perspective of memory: psychological analysis reinstated
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IV. The monologue of love as a dialogue IV. The monologue of love as a dialogue
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V. The merging of fantasy and realism V. The merging of fantasy and realism
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Cite
Bersani, Leo, 'The Language of Love', Marcel Proust: The Fictions of Life and of Art (New York , 2013; online edn, Oxford Academic, 26 Sept. 2013), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199931514.003.0003, accessed 7 May 2025.
Abstract
This chapter analyzes Proust's views about love and the misery it causes. It considers Sartre's views about Proust's writing. It addresses the following questions: How does the narrator understand the “fundamental notes” of his personality which characterize his desires for various women? What kind of language does he use to describe this deeper self, and, especially, what are the conditions in which psychological analysis can be trusted as an instrument of self-knowledge? The chapter also discusses the monologue of love as a dialogue and the merging of fantasy and realism in the novel.
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