Malcolm Bowie

For many, Proust is the supreme European writer of the twentieth century. This book tackles his achievement head-on. Art, death, sex, politics, loss, guilt, morality—Proust's major themes are revealed and explained here. Proust Among the Stars is a matchless close reading of Remembrance of Things Past and a lesson in how to read the great books profitably and pleasurably. Malcolm...

The Selected Essays of Malcolm Bowie I and II

This book explains the relationship between imagination and intellectual inquiry. It is written in the form of articles intended for academic readers. The Selected Essays of Malcolm Bowie Vol. 1 focuses on main subjects: Proust, modern French poetry, and psychoanalysis.