Marcel Proust
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The History of Literature #289 – Swann’s Way (Marcel Proust)
Since its first appearance, Marcel Proust’s magnum opus In Search of Lost Time has delighted and confounded editors, readers, and critics. Published in seven volumes over a fourteen-year period, the enormous novel has generally been recognized as both the highest form of artistic achievement and one of the most difficult reading experiences imaginable. In this episode, Jacke Continue reading
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The History of Literature #185 – Marcel Proust
http://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL4076527235.mp3 Marcel Proust (1871-1922) did little of note until he turned 38 years old – but from that point forward, he devoted the rest of his life to writing a masterpiece. The result, the novel In Search of Lost Time, published in seven volumes from 1913 to 1927, stands as one of the supreme achievements Continue reading
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The History of Literature #92 – The Books of Our Lives
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:04:05 — 44.3MB) | Embed Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS | More “In the middle of life’s journey,” wrote Dante Alighieri, “I found myself in a selva oscura.” Host Jacke Wilson and frequent guest Mike Palindrome take stock of their own selva oscura Continue reading
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Episode 7A – Proust, Pound, and Chinese Poetry
A young Jacke Wilson immerses himself in great books on his way from Taiwan to Tibet – and finds out what Ezra Pound, Marcel Proust, and Chinese poetry can teach him about literature and life. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:36 — 35.0MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Continue reading
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The Spirit of Self-Publishing: William Shakespeare Edition
So you’re thinking about self-publishing. You take some consolation in the dignity of small audiences and the examples of Marcel Proust and others. You use examples like the great Joanna Penn to show you the way. She reminds you that you’re keeping 70% of your sales (and 100% of your control). David Gaughran explains how Continue reading
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Indie Publishing: What Would Ezra Pound Do?
We’ve seen some great examples of the indie publishing spirit, from Dr. Johnson to Stéphane Mallarmé, to Marcel Proust. Next up: poetry’s mad scientist, the original miglior fabbro (well, except for the real miglior fabbro), the Tireless Champion of the Arts who wound up living – literally – in a cage. An amazing, awful life story: Ezra Pound! Pound of Continue reading
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Independent Publishing: What Would Marcel Proust Do?
This is an easy one: we know what Proust would do, because he did it: Still, for all the brouhaha, many modern readers still find themselves in agreement with the two French publishers who turned down Proust’s manuscript [Swann’s Way] in 1912. A third agreed to publish it, provided that Proust himself cover the expenses. I Continue reading
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