![]() In describing his relationship with Albertine, the narrator repeatedly compares his most intimate feelings for her to similar ones he felt for his mother (cf. For a discussion of various kinds of impression, including a distinction between happy and unhappy experiences of involuntary memory, the enigmatic episode of the Martinville towers, an emotional paradigm, and different manifestations of temps incorporé, see my Proust and Emotion, chapter 7. All subsequent quotations are from the same edition. See Jean-Yves Tadié's edition of A la recherche du temps perdu (1987–1989) for some telling passages: La Prisonnière 3:765 and 876–77 and, in Le Temps retrouvé, the long narrative segment devoted to several experiences of involuntary memory at the Matinée Guermantes (4:445–64 especially 445 and 457). For a discussion of empathy as identification, simulation, and imaginative substitution see Murray Smith's Engaging Characters, chapter 3. ![]() A number of artistic texts – including literary works, music, and painting – fulfill a similar function in the hero's life. ![]() ![]() The close ties between life and art in fostering such empathetic understanding are highlighted throughout the novel through the mother's and grandmother's recurring references to the Letters of Madame de Sévigné – a favorite sounding board for similar experiences in their own lives. ![]()
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