Proust
Jo·seph Louis [zhaw-zeflwee], /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/, 1754–1826, French chemist.
Mar·cel [mahr-sel; French mar-sel], /mɑrˈsɛl; French marˈsɛl/, 1871–1922, French novelist.
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The reality is if we don’t figure out a way to turn around this slide, there aren’t going to be classes anymore on Proust.
Literature Should Be Taught Like Science - Issue 97: Wonder | Kevin Berger | February 24, 2021 | NautilusWhen “A Legacy” appeared, this elegant depiction of a lost world was praised by Evelyn Waugh as “entirely delicious,” a view seconded by Nancy Mitford and Janet Flanner, as well as by several reviewers who compared it to Proust.
‘Sybille Bedford’ is a gossipy appreciation of an oft-overlooked literary great | Michael Dirda | February 17, 2021 | Washington PostShe saw herself as part of a larger tradition that includes Honore de Balzac, Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Thomas Mann.
Whitman is made to share a chapter, lumped in with Proust, Wilde, and Baudelaire, in which he is allotted a mere paragraph.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature | Malcolm Forbes | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTProust is, in addition to everything else, very funny; much funnier, in fact, than all those New Yorker cartoons.
Proustapalooza: Going Crazy for Marcel’s Novel at 100 | Elisabeth Ladenson | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Proust was himself, to a great extent, responsible for this.
Proustapalooza: Going Crazy for Marcel’s Novel at 100 | Elisabeth Ladenson | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe title poem rushes forward with a gorgeous hydraulic motion, as if Proust had been sped up and turned into a Town Car.
Wayne Koestenbaum’s Book Bag: The Best of the ’80s | Wayne Koestenbaum | August 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI have not yet said much of my hostess Madame Proust; not because she was wanting in any way,—far from it, indeed.
With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War | Charles Edward RyanThe next advance was made by Joseph Louis Proust, whose investigations led to a clear grasp of the law of constant proportions.
According to Proust hordeine is a yellowish powder, not unlike fine saw-dust.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreOther chemists suppose that the hordeine of Proust is merely a mixture of the bran of the barley with starch and gluten.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreProust has lately announced the discovery of a native sulphuret of manganese.
The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World | Thomas Wood
British Dictionary definitions for Proust
/ (French prust) /
Joseph Louis (ʒozɛf lwi). 1754–1826, French chemist, who formulated the law of constant proportions
Marcel (marsɛl). 1871–1922, French novelist whose long novel À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27) deals with the relationship of the narrator to themes such as art, time, memory, and society
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