Links
Proust
The Kolb-Proust Archive for Research - A digital text archive of Professor Philip Kolb's research notes on Proust's correspondence, hosted by the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (English)
Marcel Proust Gesellschaft - A society for the study and discussion of Proust, based in Köln, Germany. Contains excellent image galleries of old postcards depicting the locations Proust wrote about, as well as a discussion forum. (German)
Illiers-Combray - Dominique Ferré's general site about the town in Eure-et-Loire that was the model for the Combray sections of the Recherche. Contains local information, images, and tourism resources regarding Proust. (French)
Association Pour la Sauvegarde de l'Église et du Patrimoine d'Illiers-Combray (ASEPIC) - A website devoted to the history and maintenance of the Église Saint-Jacques at Illiers-Combray, the original of the Église Saint-Hilaire at Combray in the Recherche. (French)
MarcelProust.it - An Italian site that supplements the Recherche with synopses and character descriptions, as well as contextual information in the form of photographs, movie references, and links to scholarly articles. (Italian)
Wikipedia - The Proust wiki at Wikipedia.com. Contains biographical and bibliographical information plus links. (English)
TempsPerdu.com - Contains supplementary information on the Recherche, including the visual arts, a synopsis, and reviews of secondary sources. (English)
Gallica Proust - Contains supplementary information on the Recherche and photo reproductions of the manuscript of Le Temps Retrouvé. (French)
Evocations de la recherche du Temps Perdu - A categorized collection of quotes from the Recherche. (French)
Selections from Proust - Categorized quotations from the Recherche as well as from Proust himself, with background information. By L. James Hammond. (English)
Raccolta dei Pensieri di Marcel Proust - Provides background information and photographs related to the Recherche. (Italian)
Société des Amis de Marcel Proust - A society that promotes Proust scholarship and general information site. (French)
Sodome et Gomorrhe - A site with scholarly articles and textual information on
Sodom and Gomorrah. (French)
Art / Photography / Architecture
The Artchive - A site with hundreds of high quality scans of artwork in all periods and genres. Excellent for students of art history. By Mark Harden. Be sure to read about this site in the June 2006 feature. (English)
Cartophile - Contains hundreds of old postcards, some related to Proust, some not. By Dr. Michael Magner, whose postcards also appear in the German Proust website of Marcel Proust Gesellschaft. (German)
Library of Congress - An excellent resource for visual and photographic prints. Many images in the Ecclesiastical Proust Archive came from here. (English)
Art and Architecture - Searchable image archive of the Courtauld Institute of Art. (English)
The Tate Online - Website and image archive of the Tate Organization. (English)
From Old Books - Liam Quin's website of scanned images, engravings and pictures from old books, and much more. (English)
iBiblio.org - A free, searchable resource for text, images, Linux distributions, and more. (English)
Prof. Alison Stones - The University of Pittsburgh - Photographs and course information on French cathedrals and other medieval architectures. (English)
JP Forms Photo Gallery - Numerous photos of Europe with a major focus on cathedrals. Some excellent stained glass images. (Japanese)
Aristos.org - A journal devoted to art criticism and theories of aesthetics. Contains links to art images. (English)
The Web Gallery of Art - A searchable archive of various art media. Contains a glossary and discussion forum. (English)
CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum - A digital art museum. (English)
Museo della Bonifica - Website of the Museum at San Donà di Piave. (Italian, German)
Essential Art - A comprehensive catalog for buying art prints and reproductions. (English)
Art Gallery Worldwide - Artwork in different styles and media. Website offers a wide variety of features and services that enable customers and artists to buy and sell art. (English)
Allan J. Kollar Fine Paintings, LLC - Dealer of fine and historically important paintings. (English)
Richard Nicholson: Antique Maps & Prints - Dealer of fine antique maps and prints. (English)
The Stokes Collection - A catalog of prints by aviation painter Stan Stokes. (English)
Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtàr - A site about books and other art objects. (Magyar)
Homepage of Alexandra Ellwood - Contains pictures and information about flora and fauna. (English)
Churches
Norman World - Comprehensive site on the history, culture, art, architecture, and archaeology of the Normans. (French, English, Italian)
San Jose State University Chartres Project - An incredible resource for studying the history and architecture of Chartres Cathedral in France. Created by art history, design, and computer science students in ART 290 at San Jose State University in conjunction with Dr. Kathleen Cohen. (English)
Innovations X-Treme Inflatables - Home of the Inflatable Church, the Flying Cathedral, and other wonders. (English)
The Monastery and Church of Brou - Comprehensive information and pictures of the restoration of the church of Brou. Contains the tombs of Marguerite d'Autriche and Philibert le Beau. (French)
Illiers-Combray - Dominique Ferré's general site about the town in Eure-et-Loire that was the model for the Combray sections of the Recherche. Contains local information, images, and tourism resources regarding Proust. (French)
Association Pour la Sauvegarde de l'Église et du Patrimoine d'Illiers-Combray (ASEPIC) - A website devoted to the history and maintenance of the Église Saint-Jacques at Illiers-Combray, the original of the Église Saint-Hilaire at Combray in the Recherche. (French)
JP Forms Photo Gallery - Numerous photos of Europe with a major focus on cathedrals. Some excellent stained glass images. (Japanese)
Website of Christiane Brodard - Information on the Village of La Roche, in Switzerland. Christiane provided the image of a church in a storm used in the Ecclesiastical Proust Archive. (French)
France / Normandy
Norman World - Comprehensive site on the history, culture, art, architecture, and archaeology of the Normans. (French, English, Italian)
Illiers-Combray - Dominique Ferré's general site about the town in Eure-et-Loire that was the model for the Combray sections of the Recherche. Contains local information, images, and tourism resources regarding Proust. (French)
Association Pour la Sauvegarde de l'Église et du Patrimoine d'Illiers-Combray (ASEPIC) - A website devoted to the history and maintenance of the Église Saint-Jacques at Illiers-Combray, the original of the Église Saint-Hilaire at Combray in the Recherche. (French)
My Normandy - Useful tourism site with information on history, churches, local customs, etc. (English, French)
Sur les Chemins de Normandies - Informantive general site about the history, churches, cuisine, coast, villages, and cultural heritage of Normandy. (French)
Cabourg Web - Information site on the city and region of Normandy that was a source for Balbec in the Recherche. (French)
The Monastery and Church of Brou - Comprehensive information and pictures of the restoration of the church of Brou. Contains the tombs of Marguerite d'Autriche and Philibert le Beau. (French)
The World War I Document Archive - Textual information and excellent photographs for studying the First World War. Many pictures of France and other countries. (English)
Philippe Guillard - TrekEarth - Photos of France by Philippe Guillard. (English and French)
JP Forms Photo Gallery - Numerous photos of Europe with a major focus on cathedrals. Some excellent stained glass images. (Japanese)
Travel
Philippe Guillard - TrekEarth - Photos of France by Philippe Guillard. (English and French)
Website of Dr. David F. Bacon - Excellent travel photos from around the world. (English)
Carfree.com - Supplemental website to the book about reclaiming cities from the automobile. Provider to the Proust archive of several Venice images. (English)
Christopher Jack - TravelBlog.org - Travel blog of Christopher Jack, who gave permission to use his photo of St. Mark's Square at dawn. (English)
Cheap Venice - A Venice travel guide. (English)
Paradox Place - Adrian Fletcher's guide to all things Italian. (English)
Pedagogy
Course Sequence for Teaching Proust - Collège Saint-Barthelémy, Liège, Belgium - A lesson and course structure for teaching Proust to highschool students, by Carine Nickels.