1st Edition

Picture as Spectre in Diderot, Proust, and Deleuze

By Thomas Baldwin Copyright 2011
    144 Pages
    by Routledge

    144 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book explores the work of spectres in Denis Diderot's Salons, Marcel Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu, and Gilles Deleuze's Francis Bacon, logique de la sensation. It examines the extent to which Diderot, Proust and Deleuze are able to resist the 'Marcellus complex'.

    Introduction 1. The Spectre in Theory 2. Writing the Spectre: Diderot 3. Making the Spectre: Proust 4. Spectres of Proust: Deleuze 5. Conclusion

    Biography

    Thomas Baldwin