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7. Is ‘In Search of Lost Time’ a long-drawn-out asthma attack?
7- Proustaverses The entire ISOLT is a long-drawn-out asthma attack, argues Dr. George Corganian de Corganoff in his 1945 thesis6 for his doctorate in medicine. 7- Proustophiles A strange, slightly bizarre thesis by a doctor who – with the best intentions – tries to explain the style of the long sentences. In reality, an asthmatic…
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6. Was Proust a right-wing elitist who looked down on the lower class?
6- Proustaverses Marcel is an elitist snob who is only interested in being part of the ‘haute bourgeoisie’ and, if possible, the aristocracy. As a mondaine dandy and right-wing socialite, he looks down on the working class. 6- Proustophiles Proust has a great interest in and attention to the working class. This is evidenced by…
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5. Was Proust an opportunist who hid his sexual preference in order to be published?
5- Proustaverses Marcel Proust is an opportunist who absolutely wants to be published and therefore – we paraphrase André Gide, head of the Nouvelle Revue Française and later Nobel laureate – hides his homosexuality behind the many heterosexual infatuations in the literary closet in a cowardly way. André Gide held this against him permanently, even…
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4. Was Proust a frail little guy who acted like a scared child for his entire life?
4- Proustaverses Marcel Proust is a frail, effeminate little man who has always acted like a child and is coddled by his housekeeper Céleste. He is completely conflict-avoidant, buys affection with extravagant gifts and excessive tips, is bowed down by all sorts of fears and, afraid of his own shadow, even has his incoming mail…
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3. Is Proust a spoiled, conceited, snobbish dandy?
3- Proustaverses Marcel is a spoiled, conceited, snobbish mama’s boy who whines incessantly about himself. In an egocentric way – the concept of narcissism had not yet been invented – he twists his surroundings, mama at the head, friends, staff, and others around his finger to make them dance to his whimsical tune. Soft terror…
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2. Is Proust a psychosomatic hypochondriac?
2-Proustaverses: Le Petit Marcel is an imaginary sick man, a neurasthenic psychosomatic who has exaggerated his ailments his whole life to flirt with them and thus demand the attention of those around him. 2-Proustophiles: From his fashionable articles in the Figaro, his first book “Les Plaisirs et Jours” (1896) as well as from his extensive…