[PDR] Lost in Translation: Proust and Scott Moncrieff

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LOST IN TRANSLATION: PROUST AND SCOTT MONCRIEFF

Scott Moncrieff’s English translation of Proust’s /A la recherche du 
temps perdu/ is widely hailed as a masterpiece in its own right. His 
rendering of the title as /Remembrance of Things Past/ is not, however, 
considered a high point. William C. Carter explores the two men’s 
correspondence on this somewhat sticky issue and how the Shakespearean 
title missed the mark regarding Proust’s theory of memory.
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