[Vwoolf] Woolf and Proust

[ANNE Fernald [Staff/Faculty [A&S]]]

I add my enthusiastic commendation of Emily's Proust chapter (how silly of
me to forget it--i read it with great pleasure) to her note below.

Anne

On Monday, August 5, 2013, Emily Dalgarno wrote:

> Dear Anne, Erica, and all,
> J. Hillis Miller writes of Proust and the party in Mrs. Dalloway in *Fiction
> and Repetition.
> *
> I like Anne's suggestion about the opening pages of *La Recherche,* and
> would add if I may
> the chapter on Proust in my *Virginia Woolf and the Migrations of
> Language.*
> Emily Dalgarno
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:59 AM, ANNE Fernald [Staff/Faculty [A&S]] <
> fernald at fordham.edu <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'fernald at fordham.edu');>>wrote:
>
>> Dear Erica & Woolfians all,
>>
>> I know much less about Proust than I wish, but I think a couple things
>> are really interesting and accessible for a broad audience:
>>
>> There is a lovely scene in the closing pages of the first section of vol.
>> 1 of Proust of watching Japanese paper flowers unfold in water. It's a
>> scene that I think Woolf drew on, more than the madeleine--especially, say
>> in Peter Walsh's memories of Sally's flowers at Bourton.
>>
>> More generally, Proust shared Woolf's fascination with parties. Like
>> Woolf, he was a serious, contemplative writer who took seriously the kinds
>> of social foibles that might unfold at a party like the one Clarissa
>> Dalloway gives. Knowing that Woolf read Proust while writing Dalloway is
>> helpful: I imagine that his example fortified her sense that the topic,
>> flimsy in the wrong hands, had possibilities for greatness.
>>
>> Woolf's diaries, Hermione Lee, Sallye Greene, and Nicola Luckhurst might
>> all be places to comb for more.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Anne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Erica Delsandro <ericadelsandro at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ericadelsandro at gmail.com');>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Woolfians!
>>>
>>> My university is hosting a Proust Celebration this fall and I was asked
>>> to give a short talk on Woolf and Proust.  Admittedly, I know much more
>>> about the former than the latter, and thus explained to the organization
>>> committee that my talk would be heavy on Woolf and light on Proust!
>>>
>>> I turn to the Woolf community for any suggestions regarding texts that
>>> might help me put together a light, interesting, and engaging presentation
>>> on Woolf and Proust.  Please respond off list to
>>> ericadelsandro at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>>> 'ericadelsandro at gmail.com');>.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much!  All very best -- Erica Delsandro
>>>
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>>
>>
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Anne E. Fernald<http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/faculty/english_faculty/anne_fernald_28537.asp>
Director of Writing/Composition at Lincoln Center,
Associate Professor of
English<http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/index.asp>and
Women's
Studies <http://www.fordham.edu/womens_studies>
Fordham University
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New York NY 10023

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