Lectures delivered for the most part either at the first Proust Centennial at the University of Illinois, Urbana, May 5-7, 1971, or at the Modern Language Association annual meeting in Chicago.

Includes bibliographical references.

Bree, G. Proust et l'Affaire Dreyfus, a la lumiere de Jean Santeuil.--Alden, D. W. The break with realism.--Hanrez, M. Champs des signes/Chant du cygne.--Raimond, M. La logique du texte dans Le C^ote de Guermantes.--Cocking, J. M. The coherence of Le temps retrouve.--Sayce, R. A. The Goncourt pastiche in Le temps retrouve.--Porter, A. R. Proust's final Montesquiou pastiche.--Kolb, P. The birth of Elstir and Vinteuil.--Johnson, T. Proust and Giotto: foundations for an allegorical interpretation of A la recherche du temps perdu.--Conroy, P. V. The H^otel de Balbec as a church and theater.--Lamont, R. C. Le rituel dramatique dans A la recherche du temps perdu.--Erickson, J. D. The Proust-Einstein relation: a study in relative point of view.--Virtanen, R. Differing essences: Santayana and Proust.