Jean-Yves Tadié
Encyclopedia
Jean-Yves Tadié is a French
writer, specializing in Marcel Proust
. His 800-page biography of Proust was well-received, asserted by Edmund White
in his own book on Proust to be the best work of its kind. Briefly a professor in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
, Tadié was then, until his retirement, a professor at the Sorbonne
(Paris IV) and director of the collections "Classical Folio" and "Theatre Folio".
He was also a director of the French Institute of London.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
writer, specializing in Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...
. His 800-page biography of Proust was well-received, asserted by Edmund White
Edmund White
Edmund Valentine White III is an American author and literary critic. He is a member of the faculty of Princeton University's Program in Creative Writing.- Life and work :...
in his own book on Proust to be the best work of its kind. Briefly a professor in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford, England, was established in 1903. European languages were first taught at Oxford in the 19th century. The Jesus Professorship of Celtic is the oldest of the chairs in the faculty, dating from 1877...
, Tadié was then, until his retirement, a professor at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
(Paris IV) and director of the collections "Classical Folio" and "Theatre Folio".
He was also a director of the French Institute of London.
Selected bibliography
- Introduction à la vie littéraire du XIXe siècle, Bordas, 1971.
- Lectures de Proust, Colin, 1971.
- Proust et le Roman, Gallimard, 1971.
- Le Récit poétique, PUF, 1978 ; Gallimard, 1994.
- Le Roman d’aventures, PUF, 1982.
- Proust, Belfond, 1983.
- La Critique littéraire au XXe siècle, Belfond, 1987.
- Études proustiennes I à VI, Gallimard, 1973-1988.
- Le Roman au XXe siècle, Belfond, 1990.
- Portrait de l’artiste, Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Marcel Proust, biographie, Gallimard, 1996. (English translation ISBN 0141002034)
- Le Sens de la mémoire (avec Marc Tadié), Gallimard, 1999.
- Proust, la cathédrale du temps, Gallimard, coll. “Découvertes”, 1999.
- Regarde de tous tes yeux, regarde ! Gallimard, 2005.
- De Proust à Dumas, Gallimard, 2006.