Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1973 - 5/31/1974

Funding Totals

$11,250.00 (approved)
$11,250.00 (awarded)


Myth, Science, and Art in A la Recherche du Temps Perdu

FAIN: FB-11934-73

Julius E. Rivers, Jr
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA 22903-4833)

To research, for publication, a study of Marcel Proust's A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (A Rememberance of Things Past) which will analyze the interaction of myth, science and literature in the novel. As yet no attempt has been made to find a common meeting ground for them in the overall development of the novel.