Proust's In Search of Lost Time: The History of a Vocation

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) grew up in the fin de siecle, a period associated with melancholy and decadence. He knew the temptations of decadence, but freed himself by developing a new conception of art: Perspectivism becomes the aesthetic and philosophical principle of In Search of Lost Time. The novel traces out the path to becoming an artist. It is the history of a vocation. The main figure is in...