James’s Comments (group member since Aug 08, 2012)

James’s comments from the The Year of Reading Proust group.

Images referenced in 'Combray 2' part 2
[pages 102 to 169 of the Penguin Classics edition of Lydia Davis translation]


'The Cenotaph of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the Tuileries', Hubert Robert, 1794
Davis: p117, Karpeles: p42-3


'Lost Illusions (Le Soir)', Charles Gleyre, 1843
Davis: p149, Karpeles: p44-5]

Images referenced in 'Combray 2' part 1
[pages 49 to 102 of the Penguin Classics edition of Lydia Davis translation]


'View of the Piazza del Popolo', Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750
Davis: p67, Karpeles: p35


'Charity', Giotto, 1304-6
Davis: p82, Karpeles: p36-7


'Envy', Giotto, 1304-6
Davis: p82, Karpeles: p38-9


'Justice', Giotto, 1304-6
Davis: p82, Karpeles: p38-9


'The Sultan Mehmet II', Gentile Bellini, 1480
Davis: p99, Karpeles: p40-1

A very good challenge Valerie.
The use of 'crutch' to suggest a hobbled experience is a dull cliche that should be dispensed with, not least for the reasons you enumerate.
Biographies, footnotes, literary analysis, pictures, music and more are deepening my reading of Swann's Way.
To suggest otherwise is a particular aesthetic choice. No more.

No problem Rima. It's great fun.

'The Last Supper',
Raphael Morghen (after Leonardo da Vinci), 1800

Karpeles: p34
Davis: 41

'Vesuvius Erupting',
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1817

Karpeles: p32-33
Davis: p40

'View of a Park with a Water Fountain',
Hubert Robert, 1783

Karpeles: p32
Davis: p40

'The Sacrifice of Abraham',
Carlo Lasinio (after Benozzo Gozzoli) c. 1806

Karpeles: p30-31
Davis: p37

Following the good suggestion of our host, when a painting is referenced by Proust, I'll note in this discussion thread the relevant page of both the Karpeles and my reading edition of Proust [currently the Penguin Classics edition of Lydia Davis' translation].

For those on Twitter, I'll also be tweeting ISoLT painting references with the hashtag #ProustPics

Oui!

The Penguin Classics edition that I have is split into three parts:

Part 1 [pages 1 to 58]
Part 2 [pages 61 to 2o2]
Part 3 [pages 2o5 to 311]

Would it be too awkward/unmanageable to spilt the month of October into three lots of reading weeks, each lasting ten days, in order to read each part straight through?

I'm certainly OK with a comfortable month.

I'd love to be part of this.
I have never read Madame Bovary in any form but a flip through my spanking brand new copy of Davis' translation looks too delicious for words. So looking forward to October.

Joshua wrote: "Great playlist, James :) Do you think you'd be able to add the Good Friday Spell from Parsifal? I think that is also listed among the possible inspirations ..." Thanks Joshua - Done and done.

As a mood setter, I've thrown together a Spotify playlist based on the pieces referenced in the Alex Ross article Moira linked to: http://open.spotify.com/user/12309454...
Debussy aside, these are not composers/performers that I'm personally familiar with so anyone is welcome to nominate any superior performances and -Spotify allowing- I'll add them to the playlist.