pstrongMarcel Prouststrong 1871-1922 was born in Paris during a time of great social and political upheaval, a ferment that is dealt with extensively in his monumental work emIn Search of Lost Timeem. He was a sickly child and spent the earlier part of his short life pursuing a variety of sometimes frivolous activities, which led to his not being taken seriously as a writer. It was not until 1909, when he was 38 years old, that he began work on the groundbreaking novel for which he is known, a task that consumed the rest of his life.ppIn emSimply Proustem, Professor strongJack Louis Jordanstrong presents an incisive, yet thoroughly accessible, introduction to Proust's landmark work, helping the reader to fully appreciate the scope of the author's achievement, as well as the fascinating process that underlay its creation. Emphasizing the fundamental role of psychology and the unconscious, Jordan shows how Proust's methodology and our understanding of his novel are connected, and how thi