French Literature Reviews - 2026

W. Benjamin, On Proust
Comparative and World Literature

Walter Benjamin, On Proust, Nous, 2011. EAN13 : 9782913549524.

This volume brings together for the first time the texts (previously unpublished or newly translated), articles, remarks, and notes that Walter Benjamin, bound to Proust by an elective affinity, dedicated to him.

Contents:

- Introduction.

- Toward the Image of Proust.

- Notes for an Essay on Proust.

- Parisian Diary.

- Evening with Monsieur Albert.

- Conversation with André Gide.

- Manuscript Notes.

- Headnote to: "Marcel Proust: 'On Reading'".

- Proustian Fragments in "On Some Motifs in Baudelaire".

- Notes.

This volume brings together the texts, articles, remarks, and notes that Walter Benjamin dedicated to Proust. The collection includes an introduction, “Toward the Image of Proust,” “Notes for an Essay on Proust,” “Parisian Diary,” “Evening with Monsieur Albert,” “Conversation with André Gide,” manuscript notes, a headnote to “Marcel Proust: 'On Reading',” Proustian fragments in “On Some Motifs in Baudelaire,” and notes. Readers interested in these writings may find this volume relevant.