On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Lew Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote:
> No. It does not meet Proust's criterion since it resides in Kane's > conscious, albeit incomplete, memory. It sums up Kane's narcissistic > feelings of loss and innocence. > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 8:37 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > - Proust viewed involuntary memory as containing the "essence of the > > > past", claiming that it was lacking from voluntary memory. In his > novel, > > he > > > describes an incident where he was eating tea soaked cake, and a > > childhood > > > memory of eating tea soaked cake with his aunt was "revealed" to > him.[1]< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_memory#cite_note-Mace2007-0> > From > > > this memory, he then proceeded to be reminded of the childhood home he > > was > > > in, and even the town itself. This becomes a theme throughout *In > Search > > > of Lost Time*, with sensations remind Proust of previous experiences. > He > > > dubbed these Involuntary memories. > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_memory > > > > > > > > > Is this an example of involuntary memory?: > > > > - This could be a reference to clinging to childhood memories, ones which > > brought him great joy in his youth. > > > > > > > http://komodokovie.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-is-rosebud-in-citizen-kane-1941.html > What about this?: - Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. It wanders perturbedly through the halls and galleries of the memory, and is often heard again, distinct and living as when it first displaced the wavelets of the air. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
