The Growth of a la Recherche du Temps Perdu : A Chronological Examination of Proust's Manuscripts from 1909 To 1914.

Intro -- Contents -- VOLUME I: 1909-1911 -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Part One: Towards the Typescript of 'Combray' (1909) -- 1 The foundations (May 1909) -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Cahier 4 -- 1.2 Cahiers 25', 31, and 36 -- 1.3 Cahiers 7, 6, and 51 -- 1.99 Conclusion -- 2 A First Version of 'Combray' (June to August 1909) -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 'Combray I' (Cahier 8) -- 2.2 'Combray II' -- 2.3 Work interrupted (mid-August 1909) -- 2.99 Conclusion -- 3 Beyond Combray, and Back Again (August to October 1909) -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Querqueville (Cahier 12, f.42-95) -- 3.2 Revisions to 'Combray' -- 3.3 The fair copy of 'Combray' (Cahiers 9, 10, and 63) -- 3.99 Conclusion -- 4 Beyond Combray, and Back... Again (October to November 1909) -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 The hawthorns (Cahier 12, f.99-110) -- 4.2 Back to Querqueville -- 4.3 The Two Ways (Cahier 26, f.1-21) -- 4.4 Querqueville, Swann, and the Protagonist -- 4.5 Excursions to Padua and to Guermantes -- 4.6 The fair copy revised -- 4.99 Conclusion -- 5 The 1909 Typescript (December 1909) -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Description of the typescript -- 5.2 The date of the typescript -- 5.3 Changes to the typescript -- 5.4 Some revisions -- 5.99 Conclusion -- Part Two: Towards a Complete Typescript (1910-1911) -- 6 The Sequel to Combray (January to March 1910) -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 'Un Amour de Swann' -- 6.2 Swann and Gilberte (Cahier 27, f.13-58) -- 6.3 A plan of Querqueville (Cahier 27, f.59-61) -- 6.4 More on Gilberte, and episodes for 'les filles' -- 6.5 Andrée and Maria -- 6.6 Around Querqueville (Cahier 29, f.12-36) -- 6.7 Drafts of the opening pages of Querqueville -- 6.99 Conclusion -- 7 New Material for Combray and Querqueville (April to May 1910) -- 7.0 Introduction -- 7.1 'La vraie réalité' (Cahier 14) -- 7.2 From Montargis to Bergotte.

7.3 Elstir at Querqueville -- 7.4 Reading Bergotte at Combray -- Gurcy at Querqueville -- 7.5 The Protagonist and Bergotte, the hawthorns, and the death of the grandmother -- 7.6 Sunday afternoons at Combray (Cahier 14) -- 7.7 Complements -- 7.99 Conclusion -- 8 Guermantes (May to August 1910) -- 8.0 Introduction -- 8.1 Madame de Guermantes -- 8.2 Entry into Guermantes -- 8.3 Guermantes concluded: search for a young lady -- discovery of Gurcy's homosexuality (Cahier 49) -- 8.4 Beyond Guermantes -- 8.5 Further additions, chiefly to Querqueville -- 8.99 Conclusion -- 9 The Final Sequence (Winter 1910-1911) -- 9.0 Introduction -- 9.1 Towards Le Temps retrouvé -- 9.2 Before Venice: Picpus, Verdurin, the death of the grandmother, the article in Le Figaro -- 9.3 Venice -- 9.4 Le Temps retrouvé -- 9.99 Conclusion -- VOLUME II: 1911-1914 -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Part Three: The Typescript of 1911-1912 -- 10 'Combray' (Spring and Summer 1911) -- 10.0 Introduction -- 10.1 'Combray' completed -- 10.2 The typescript of 'Combray III' -- 10.3 The 1909 typescript revised (August to September 1911) -- 10.99 Conclusion -- 11 'Un amour de Swann' (September to October 1911) -- 11.0 Introduction -- 11.1 'Un Amour de Swann' in Cabourg (Cahiers 15 and 16) -- 11.2 'Un Amour de Swann' in Cabourg (Cahier 17) -- 11.3 'Un Amour de Swann' in Paris -- 11.99 Conclusion -- 12 'Noms de Pays: le nom' (Winter 1911-1912) -- 12.0 Introduction -- 12.1 'Gilberte Swann, ' the first draft (Cahier 20) -- 12.2 'Gilberte Swann' revised -- 12.3 Revising 'Gilberte Swann' for the typist -- 12.4 'Gilberte Swann' concluded -- 12.99 Conclusion -- 13 'Noms de pays: le pays' (March to June 1912) -- 13.0 Introduction -- 13.1 'Noms de pays: le pays': the manuscript -- 13.2 'Noms de pays: le pays': preparing the transcript -- 13.3 'Noms de pays: le pays': the typescript -- 13.99 Conclusion.

14 'Le Côté de Guermantes' (June to Early August 1912) -- 14.0 Introduction -- 14.1 'Le Côté de Guermantes I': manuscript -- 14.99 Conclusion -- Part Four: Towards Publication -- 15 Revising the Typescript (August to October 1912) -- 15.0 Introduction -- 15.1 'Combray' -- 15.2 'Un Amour de Swann' -- 15.3 'Noms de pays: le nom' -- 15.4 'Noms de pays: le pays' -- 15.5 Updating D1 -- 15.6 Changes to D2 -- 15.7 Further changes to D1 -- 15.99 Conclusion -- 16 The Grasset Proofs -- 16.0 Introduction -- 16.1 In search of a publisher (October 1912 to March 1913) -- 16.2 The first set of Grasset proofs: 'Combray' and 'Un Amour de Swann' (April to June 1913) -- 16.3 The first set of Grasset proofs: 'Noms de pays: le nom' (June to July 1913) -- 16.4 The second set of Grasset proofs (June to July 1913) -- 16.5 The rest (third to fifth sets) of the Grasset proofs (August to November 1913) -- 16.99 Conclusion -- 17 Beyond the Grasset Volume -- 17.0 Introduction -- 17.1 Preparing the typescript -- 17.2 Correcting the typescript (January? to May 1914) -- 17. 3 Towards the third volume: the 'jeunes filles' (? late 1913) -- 17.4 For the third volume: Albertine, new plans (before May 1914) -- 17.5 Grasset proofs and NRF extracts (May to July 1914) -- 17.99 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Information concerning Proust Documents -- Bibliography.

Now, for the first time, the whole story of the way in which A la recherche du temps perdugrew during the first six years of its gestation is told in full, both in its general thrust and in its fine details.

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