Proust's Gods: Christian and Mythological Figures of Speech in the Works of Marcel Proust Book

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	Prologue	1
	Introduction	11
i	The Rediscovery of the Classical World (1800-1945)	11
ii	The Transformation of Christian and Mythological Sources in Proust's Writing	20
iii	Distribution of Christian and Mythological Figures of Speech in A la recherche du temps perdu	25
iv	Theory and Practice of Intertextuality	35
1	A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu: Classical and Mythological Figures of Speech	43
i	The Mediation of Mythological Art: A Re-Evaluation of the Role of Gustave Moreau's Painting in Proust's Art	44
ii	Mythology and Artistic Creation	58
iii	The Use of Mythology in Character Discourse	64
iv	Death and the Underworld	69
v	Homosexuality and Gender Ambiguity	76
vi	Deification and Deflation	82
2	A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu: Christian and Biblical Figures of Speech
i	Reverence and Irreverence	98
ii	Trivializing the Sacred and Sanctifying the Trivial	109
iii	Madonnas and Magdalenes: The Interplay between Sacred and Profanc	122
iv	Homosexuality: Religious Analogies and Condemnations	132
v	Hypocrisy and Self-Deception: The Appropriation of the Bible	140
vi	Death and Resurrection	150
3	Towards Stylistic Maturity: Christian and Mythological Figures of Speech in Proust's Writing other than A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu	158
i	Early Creative Years (1883-1900)	160
ii	Intermediate Creative Years (1901-1910)	177
iii	Late Creative Years (1911-1922)	196
iv	Distribution	207
	Conclusion	212
App. 1	Principal Greek and Roman gods and goddesses	217
App. 2	Dates and places of publication or date of composition of literary writing excluding A la recherche du temps perdu	218
App. 3	Dates correlating to each volume of correspondence	228
	Bibliography	229
	Index	237