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Marcel PROUSTBiblio.com
A rare and admirable poem-pastiche by Proust in the manner of Robert de Montesquiou whose style he somewhat mocks
1908réf. Proust26PROUST Marcel 1871-1922 Autograph pastiche-poem signed " Marcel Proust " to the marquis Philibert de Clermont-Tonnerre N.p.n.d c. summer 1908 2 p. in-8° watermarked mourning paper Watermark : " Original / Turkey Mill / Kent " Central fold mark A rare and admirable poem-pastiche by Proust in the manner of Robert de Montesquiou whose style he somewhat mocks " "Prière du Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre"¹ Imité de Robert de Montesquiou Je greffe les rosiers dont sont fleuris les marbres Ceux du Paros "mousseux" et du Carrare "thé" Et de ces rosoyants et ces blondissants arbres Je sais tirer des chants inconnus d'Hardy-Thé !² Mon pinceau fait courir au rinceau des abaques Cet or qui fait marcher à ce qu'on dit Cloton !³ Trianonâ´ Vézelay ne sont que des baraques Quand l'esprit les compare au Palais Lauriston !âµ Seigneur si vous daignez m'admettre dans les Salles Où le Juste rompra le Pain Essentiel Que de marbre aussi pur étincellent vos stalles ! De Glisolles et d'Ancyⶠque soit digne le Ciel ! pour copie conformeâ· Marcel Proust " Through this pastiche Proust takes up the floral motif abundantly used by Robert de Montesquiou 1855-1921 in his works and poems. When the latter published his first collection Les Chauves-souris in 1893 Proust 22 years old at the time wrote to him on 29 April 1893 that "Never have the vain flowers of gardens smelled so good" Corr. t. I p. 206. The two men met for the first time a few days earlier at Madeleine Lemaire's house on April 13 1893. Dandy with a pure profile a fascinating look… Proust fell under the admiration of Montesquiou the future model of Charlus. This was followed by an abundant often flattering correspondence. If the young Proust never ceased to praise Montesquiou's taste for the erudite display of names cultural references and the rare word we observe through the present poem-pastiche a touch of mockery with regard to the style of the dandy-poet. The two would however maintain a friendship that would last until Montesquiou's last days in 1921. At the time when Proust was thinking of resuming his pastiche of Saint-Simon "Fête chez Montesquiou" Textes retrouvés ed. P. Kolb Gallimard p. 191-195 he wrote to Montesquiou on February 16 1909 without forgetting the usual precautions: "Basically the pastiche that would amuse me the most to make when I can write a little without prejudice to more serious studies is a pastiche of you! But in the first place it would perhaps annoy you and I don't want anything of me to ever make you angry …!" Corr. t. IX p. 34. The epistle addressed to the Marquis Philibert de Clermont-Tonnerre 1871-1940 was published by his wife Elisabeth de Clermont-Tonnerre née de Gramont in 1955 in the Bulletin Marcel Proust. The latter who first met the writer in 1903 had previously published a study of Robert de Montesquiou and Marcel Proust Flammarion 1925. 1 The title recalls Robert de Montesquiou's Prières de tous 1902 illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire. 2 Lucien Hardy-Thé composer and singer socialite 3 Clotilde Legrand 1857-1944 born de Fournès nicknamed "Cloton". 4 In 1908 Montesquiou acquired the Palais Rose du Vésinet a reduced copy of the Grand Trianon in Versailles. 5 The Clermont-Tonnerres lived in their hotel at 74 rue de Lauriston in Paris. 6 Duke Aimé Gaspard Marie de Clermont-Tonnerre 1779-1865 owned a castle built in the eighteenth century at Glisolles in the Eure and another built in the sixteenth century at Ancy-le-Franc in the Yonne. 7 Proust indicates "pour copie conforme" a practice he used for his pastiches and common at the time. Provenance: Philibert de Clermont-Tonnerre destinataire Elisabeth de Clermont-Tonnerre née de Gramont par descendance Bibliography: BSAMPAC n°5 1955 p. 5 publié par Elisabeth de Clermont-Tonnerre Correspondance t. VIII Kolb Plon p. 207 n°111 Essais éd. Antoine Compagnon 2022 Pléiade p. 630 Source: Marcel Proust I – Biographie Jean-Yves Tadié Folio pp. 283-295 Essais éd. Antoine Compagnon 2022 Pléiade p. 1605-1606
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