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Eric Karpeles s lavishly illustrated and comprehensive guide offers a feast for the eyes as it celebrates the close relationship between the visual and literary arts in Proust s masterpiece. Karpeles has identified and located all of the paintings to which Proust makes exact reference. Where only a painter s name is mentioned to indicate a certain mood or appearance, he has chosen a representative work to illustrate the impression that Proust sought to evoke. Botticelli s angels, Manet s courtesans, Mantegna s warriors and Carpaccio s saints stand among Monet s water lilies and Piranesi s engravings of Rome, while Karpeles s insightful essay and lucid contextual commentary explain their significance to Proust. The book closes with extensive notes and a comprehensive index of all painters and paintings mentioned in the novel. With over 200 beautifully reproduced paintings, drawings and engravings, and accompanying texts drawn from the Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright translation of In Search of Lost Time, this book is an essential addition to the libraries of Proustians worldwide and a handsome volume in its own right.Table of ContentsIntroduction Volume I: Swann s Way Volume II: Within a Budding Grove VolumeIII: The Guermantes Way Volume IV: Sodom and Gomorrah Volume V: The CaptiveVolume VI: The Fugitive Volume VII: Time Regained Notes Index of Painters andPaintings