{"product_id":"the-weather-in-proust-9780822351580","title":"The Weather in Proust","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Weather in Proust \u003c\/i\u003egathers pieces written by the eminent critic and theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick in the last decade of her life, as she worked toward a book on Proust. This book takes its title from the first essay, a startlingly original interpretation of Proust. By way of Neoplatonism, Buddhism, and the work of Melanie Klein, Sedgwick establishes the sense of refreshment and surprise that the author of the \u003ci\u003eRecherche\u003c\/i\u003e affords his readers. Proust also figures in pieces on the poetry of C. P. Cavafy, object relations, affect theory, and Sedgwick's textile art practices. More explicitly connected to her role as a pioneering queer theorist are an exuberant attack against reactionary refusals of the work of Guy Hocquenghem and talks in which she lays out her central ideas about sexuality and her concerns about the direction of US queer theory. Sedgwick lived for more than a dozen years with a diagnosis of terminal cancer; its implications informed her later writing and thinking, as well as her spiritual and artistic practices. In the book's final and most personal essay, she reflects on the realization of her impending death. Featuring thirty-seven color images of her art, \u003ci\u003eThe Weather in Proust\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive view of Sedgwick's later work, underscoring its diversity and coherence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822351580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2011 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Goldberg, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43672962957493,"sku":"9780822351580","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a8de947a-394d-421d-9401-b6a831c4698f.jpg?v=1709052222","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-weather-in-proust-9780822351580","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}