@inbook{10.3138/9781442678866.9, ISBN = {9780802087270}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442678866.9}, abstract = {The heroÍ´s central discovery, inAlbertine disparue, is nothing less than insight into the very core of his being. The loss of Albertine is the price he had to pay for such self-knowledge. It is this important discovery that the short version of the text, based on the Mauriac typescript, sets in relief, Proust having eliminated all that is extraneous. These revisions are by far the most significant and extensive in the genesis of the novel, considerably altering the shape and impact of the narrative. By foregrounding the intensity of emotions and the insight to which they lead, Proust gave}, bookauthor = {INGE CROSMAN WIMMERS}, booktitle = {Proust and Emotion: The Importance of Affect in "A la recherche du temps perdu"}, pages = {84--98}, publisher = {University of Toronto Press}, title = {Narrative Identity}, year = {2003} }