Childhood as Memory, Myth and Metaphor by Catherine Crimp - 9781907975394

Taylor & Francis

This book explores what Louise Bourgeois, Samuel Beckett, and Marcel Proust show us, through representations of childhood, about the separate worlds that art and literature create. It discusses the key terms\u2014myth, metaphor and memory\u2014as concepts that the works question and reinvent. > This book explores what Louise Bourgeois, Samuel Beckett, and Marcel Proust show us, through representations of childhood, about the separate worlds that art and literature create. It discusses the key terms\u2014myth, metaphor and memory\u2014as concepts that the works question and reinvent. > Introduction 1. The Inner Child and the Inner Artist: From Clich\u00E9 to Compulsion 2. Cells, Cylinders and Cork-Lined Rooms: Confining Childhood Memories 3. Childish Things: Childhood Objects in Text and Space 4. Memory and Metamorphosis 5. Minimal Figures 6. Conclusion