Edward J. Hughes here seeks to assess how Proust and his novel 'A la Recherche du Temps Perdu' might be understood in relation to issues of class and nation.

With use of many beautiful quotations from Proust's work I will show how de Temps Perdu conveys an invaluable analysis of class oppression in the aristocracy, t

Writing in 1927, Julien Benda described France as being afflicted by the twin scourges of narrow, class-based politics and rabid nationalism. He nevertheless id

In Proust’s Songbook, Jennifer Rushworth analyzes and theorizes the presence and role of songs in Marcel Proust’s novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In S

The first discussion of Proust’s circle of Latin American friends, lovers, and literary models. Part biography, part cultural history, part literary study, Ru