Une Histoire de clocher: Boylesve dans la “Correspondance” de Proust

• Patrizia Oppici ^[1]
  1. [1] Università di Macerata
• Localización: Studi francesi, ISSN 0039-2944, Nº. 197, 2022, págs. 260-268
• Idioma: francés
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• Resumen

  • Beginning in 1902, Proust’s letters are dotted with references to Boylesve’s work. Proust shifts from an initial enthusiasm for childhood novels that have some contact points with Combray’s evocation, to a more nuanced praise for an author who can accurately describe the small-town scenes but that lacks internal depth. When the two writers begin exchanging correspondence in 1917, Proust hides his reservations under the accolades, and Boylesve will then become aware of his limitations in the comparison with the Proust’s work, reading the passage dedicated to the steeples of Martinville.