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Proust's concept of involuntary memory revolutionized our understanding of time, consciousness, and the power of sensory experience. In this comprehensive exploration, we examine the famous madeleine episode in Swann's Way and trace this transformative literary device throughout "In Search of Lost Time."
Discover how Proust uses taste, smell, sound, and touch to unlock entire worlds of forgotten experience, and why this technique remains one of literature's most powerful tools for exploring human consciousness and the passage of time.
The Madeleine
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