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Katherine Elkins (ed.), Proust’s In Search of Lost Time: Philosophical Perspectives. Oxford University Press, 2023, 251pp., $29.95 (pbk), ISBN 9780190921583.
Reviewed by Tom Stern, University College London
This is a volume in the Oxford Studies in Philosophy and Literature series, which offers ‘philosophical perspectives’ on great works. The editor has brought together a varied and expert group of writers. Some have set the tone for philosophical writing on Proust for years. Others, experts on Proust, are not obviously philosophers (except in the loosest senses of that term) and some topics are not obviously philosophical (likewise). The editor does not reveal a principle of selection in terms of contributors or subject matter and the book gives the impression that she has largely let everyone get on with it. Whether or not that matters will depend on what the reader is after, and it has its advantages. Those inclined to condone…
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