London : Legenda, 2012.

xii, 194 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-188) and index.

Introduction : photography, life, and the work of art -- pt. I. Marcel Proust. Writing life visually -- Picturing the self and the other -- Proust's visual and emotional cavities -- p. II. Walter Benjamin. Photography, memory, and representation -- From sight to site : Benjamin's self-portraits -- Eye and affect -- pt. III. Roland Barthes. From life to sign, or, 'La vie comme œuvre' -- Transgressing egotism : selfhood, vision and affect -- Conclusion : Barthes, Benjamin, Proust 'et la photographie'.

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. À la recherche du temps perdu.

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940. Berliner Kindheit um neunzehnhundert.

Barthes, Roland, 1915-1980. Chambre claire.

Autobiography.

Autobiographical memory.

Literature and photography.

Identity (Philosophical concept)

Affect (Psychology)

Identity (Psychology)

Photography, identity, and affect in Proust, Benjamin, and Barthes

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