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| - | '''''In Search of Lost Time''''' or '''''Remembrance of Things Past''''' (''[[French language|fr]].'' '''''À la recherche du temps perdu''''') is a [[semi-autobiographical]] [[novel]] in seven volumes by [[Marcel Proust]]. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its extended length and the notion of [[Involuntary Memory|involuntary memory]], the most famous example being the "episode of the [[madeleine]]". The title ''In Search of Lost Time'' has gained in popularity since the publication of a new translation by that name in the 1990s, but it is also widely referred to by its original English title ''Remembrance of Things Past''. | ||
| - | Published in [[France]] between 1913 and 1927, many of the novel's ideas, [[Motif (literature)|motifs]], and scenes appear in adumbrated form in Proust's unfinished novel, ''[[Jean Santeuil]]'' (1896–99), and in his [[unfinished work|unfinished]] hybrid of philosophical essay and story, ''[[Contre Sainte-Beuve]]'' (1908–09). | + | *[[Recall (memory)]] |
| + | * "[[Remember, remember the fifth of November]]", a traditional rhyme recited on [[Guy Fawkes Night]] | ||
| + | *''[[In Search of Lost Time]]'' by Proust | ||
| + | *[[Memory]] | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Middle English ''remembren'', from Old French ''remembrer'' (“to remember”), from Late Latin ''rememorari'' (“to remember again”), from ''re-'' + ''memor'' (“mindful”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*mer-'', ''*(s)mer-'' (“to think about, be mindful, remember”). Cognate with Old English ''mimorian, mymerian'' (“to remember, commemorate”), Old English ''māmorian'' (“to deliberate, plan out, design”). More at mammer. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[recollection]]; [[reminiscence]]. See [[memory]]. | ||
| - | At the risk of over-simplification, ''In Search of Lost Time'' can be viewed as a vast [[bildungsroman]] in which the [[Neurasthenia|neurasthenic]] narrator discovers that he is a [[writer]] after a lifetime spent distracted by [[society]] and [[love]]. It is also a meditation on time, memory and the superiority of [[art]] in recapturing past experiences.{{GFDL}} | + | {{GFDL}} |
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Etymology
From Middle English remembren, from Old French remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorari (“to remember again”), from re- + memor (“mindful”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *(s)mer- (“to think about, be mindful, remember”). Cognate with Old English mimorian, mymerian (“to remember, commemorate”), Old English māmorian (“to deliberate, plan out, design”). More at mammer.
See also
- recollection; reminiscence. See memory.
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