Clothing and dress in literature.

Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
In A la Recherche du temps perdu, several characters
including major figures wear a monocle, which seems to
serve both concretely as an emblem of social status and
symbolically as an indicator of limited vision. This study
takes as its aim an examination of the social milieu in
which the monocle is worn, with specific reference to the
vision and moral condition of those who don the small glass
disc.