tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post578163783866856195..comments2023-12-20T11:32:15.997-05:00Comments on Billevesées: On Reading Proust in FrenchWilliam V. Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-2524874406420633692012-06-07T23:20:21.257-04:002012-06-07T23:20:21.257-04:00Interesting timing, as I just picked up Du côté de...Interesting timing, as I just picked up <i>Du côté de chez Swann</i> to read on the plane this week. I've never heard of Bachelard, but will look him up. Thanks so much!William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-50893009490834477302012-06-07T16:49:56.873-04:002012-06-07T16:49:56.873-04:00I came across your Proust by accident. I am attemp...I came across your Proust by accident. I am attempting to read Proust in French. I am fortunate in having large blocks of free time.<br /><br />I have also been reading Gaston Bachelard's works. As I was reading your Proust commentary I was reminded that reading Gaston Bachelard's "The Poetics of Reverie" (La Poetique de la Réverie) is a wonderful preparation to one's reading of Proust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-19344595266107207622009-06-25T23:52:12.916-04:002009-06-25T23:52:12.916-04:00Anyone who's debating whether to make the inve...Anyone who's debating whether to make the investment in reading Proust, in any language, would be inspired by reading what you've written.<br /><br />I'm guessing that your fellow students were keen on Deleuze, <i>Proust and Signs</i>? (I have it but haven't read it.)<br /><br />It's a nice surprise to see the comment from On-Screen Scientist, whose Ronnie Knox story got me looking through the online archive of <i>Sports Illustrated</i> and writing about <i>SI</i> references to Proust (of which there are a surprising number).Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-52678741080589996602008-12-09T04:53:00.000-05:002008-12-09T04:53:00.000-05:00True, one never knows how much time one has left —...True, one never knows how much time one has left — and that’s what scares me about Victor Hugo! Yet I’ve found the reading of <I>Jalousie</I> almost breezy, so perhaps, as you say, reading the <I>Recherche</I> in full is not so great a challenge, and not so distant in my future.<BR/><BR/>I’m not sure when I first encountered Proust’s name, but the moment surely didn’t involve anyone so remarkable as the intriguing Ronnie Knox — most likely it was the “Summarize Proust Contest” on <I>Monty Python’s Flying Circus</I>. <BR/><BR/>That show was also the first place I heard of Henri Bergson, which makes me wonder which, if any, of the Python sketches Proust would have enjoyed. The ones that feature rats, of course, but what else?William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-67560646876043153462008-12-08T21:21:00.000-05:002008-12-08T21:21:00.000-05:00Your French is almost certainly better than mine (...Your French is almost certainly better than mine (which is mainly a reading knowledge), and I've made it through Proust twice. No point waiting. One never knows how much time one has left. I recently wrote a blog post myself called <A HREF="http/onscreen-scientist.com/?p=35" REL="nofollow">Reading Proust for the Last Time</A> partly on that subject. I also come from Texas, and you might be interested in the novel way I first became acquainted with Proust (or his name). See <A HREF="http://onscreen-scientist.com/?p=12" REL="nofollow">Ronnie Knox, Marcel Proust, and I</A> for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com