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Alexandre Leupin's Proust en bref Examines Subjectivity in Proust

publication · 2026-04-24

In the March 2016 issue of artpress (n°431, p. 80), Alexandre Leupin's essay 'Proust en bref' (published by Furor) contrasts Gustave Flaubert's ideal of the impersonal novel with Marcel Proust's return of the subject and personal expression. Leupin highlights the elegiac, twilight character of this 'egophany' in Proust's work.

Key facts

  • Alexandre Leupin wrote 'Proust en bref'
  • Published by Furor
  • Reviewed in artpress n°431, March 2016, page 80
  • Contrasts Flaubert's impersonal novel ideal with Proust's subjective return
  • Describes Proust's 'egophany' as elegiac and twilight-like

Entities

Artists

  • Gustave Flaubert
  • Marcel Proust
  • Alexandre Leupin

Institutions

  • artpress
  • Furor

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