The Proustian Community by Wolitz, Seth L - 1971

New York University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: New York University Press, 1971. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xvi, 325 pp. Very Good+, with lightly rubbed covers. From Preface: Critics have often invited us to look upon an artistic creation as a living world, and in fact many nineteenth-century artists...consciously attempted to create a world which would constitute an immense fresco of an age. Proust belongs to this tradition of epic novelists. But whereas others maintained an omniscient but removed third-person narration, Proust, under the name of Marcel, placed himself in the center of his work by using a non-omniscient first-person narrative form. The world of the narrator, therefore, became a microcosm of French life circa 1900, for the author consciously created a small but varied community about the persona...

New York University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Good. New York University Press, 1971. Good. , Hardcover, Tight ex-library copy. Text clean. No dust jacket. 252 pages. llustrated with b&w photos. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.

New York: New York University Press, 1971. Near Fine condition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Well illustrated with 13 portraits and vintage photos. Contents: Preface; Author's Note; and 5 chapters: 1) The Historical Perspective; 2) Concept and Composition; 3) The World View; 4) The Social Institutions; 5) The Biographical Perspective: Israel-sur-Seine. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Appendix (Evolution of the Verdurin Salon). Index. . First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's black cloth/No dust jacket. 8vo. (iv), 124pp.

New York University Press, 1971-10-01. Hardcover. Good.

New York: New York University Press, 1971. xvi, 252p., b/w front., original black cloth.

New York: New York University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0814791530 . Xvi, 252pp + 10 unnumbered pages. Frontis. Gift inscription by the author to a colleague along with typed signed letter from the author. Book has black cloth hardcover with gold text on spine. Dust jacket is yellow with black text on covers and spine, illustration on front cover. Minor wear and marks on covers and spine, minor wear on corners. Some marginalia, otherwise text is clear. ; 9 X 6 X 1 inches; 278 pages; Signed by Author .

Some minor rubbing, VG Frontispiece French Literature New York University Press New York 1971 orig.cloth 23x15cm, xvi,252 pp Contents: The Historical Perspective; Concept & Composition; The World View; The Social Institutions; The Biographical Perspective: Israel-sur- Seine.