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Modernism ยท Essays / fiction

Pleasures and Days

by Marcel Proust. A significant canonical or canon-expanding work by Marcel Proust, centered on memory, art, reading; added in the full 1,200-work edition for its sustained influence, representative importance, or role in revising the traditional canon.

Date
1896
Origin
France
Era
Modernism
Genre
Essays / fiction
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Why it matters

A significant canonical or canon-expanding work by Marcel Proust, centered on memory, art, reading; added in the full 1,200-work edition for its sustained influence, representative importance, or role in revising the traditional canon.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of full-canon expansion: traditional, modern, revised, and genre canons. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.