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Notes

Citations formatted in this style refer to In Search of Lost Time. The Roman numerals refer to the volume, and the Arabic numbers to the page in the edition listed in the Works Cited.

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  1. For more on Der Rhein II, consider the Wikipedia article or this exhibit of an identical print at the Tate. ↩
  2. Firefall is the name given to an annual alignment of the setting sun with Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park. ↩
  3. "Pandemic isolation has killed thousands of Alzheimer's patients while families watch from afar," Washington Post, September 16th, 2020. ↩
  4. For more on Cedric Wright and his photography, consider this collection from the Sierra Club. ↩
  5. The church at Balbec is an amalgamation of several churches, but for an idea of what the porch might look like, consider the porch of the Bayeux Cathedral. ↩
  6. I don't want to go too far into Vintueil's family, as the subject brings up Proust's homophobia, which is a complicated subject beyond the scope of this essay. But suffice to say that the narrator uses Vintueil's daughter as an example of sadism, because he witnesses Mlle Vinteuil (under the influence of a lesbian lover referred to as "Mlle Vinteuil's friend") spit on a photograph of her father. ↩
  7. For more on X. parietina, consider the sources listed in the Works Cited. ↩
  8. "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it" (Matthew 7:24-27). ↩
  9. The very same lover of his daughter who urged Mlle Vinteuil to spit on his picture in volume 2 is the one who works to collect his notes, interpret them, and turn them into a larger piece after his death! ↩