The Syllables of Time: Proust and the History of Reading

Characters of French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) are forever reading, says Dublin librarian Whitington, and taken together create an idiosyncratic history of literature and reading in the Third Republic. She finds examples and significance in reading in bed, posters and presents, the French press in � la recherche, letters and telegrams, orality and textuality in � la recherche, and the imagery of reading in Palimpsestes lisibles. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)