Why could Marcel Proust only study cork if he poured a cup of tea over Madeleine?
2006-11-17 05:36:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
You asked that yesterday
and someone said
not pour
but pore
Poring over Madeleine
her pores refreshed with tea
memories arise like steam
from the kettle
Vous desirez
vu?
2006-11-17 05:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by bardmistress 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to soak her asthma in the Paulmier standing up with the smell of rotting apples -- it was Swan's Way
(translation: his study was lined in cork because of his asthma, he wrote standing up, and was most inspired by the smell of rotting apples... Madeleines are named for Louis XV's father-in-law's cook, Madeleine Paulmier)
2006-11-17 05:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by blueowlboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he was a neurotic ca-ca dabbling Oedopussian narcissist?
2006-11-17 06:29:57 · answer #3 · answered by themistocles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'cause he's struck in the eye by the stopper,
whenever he opens a bottle...
2006-11-17 07:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by Fitology 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7
her name is
7
2006-11-17 05:38:53 · answer #5 · answered by evilmonkeyboy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Somehow i think i have seen this question before
2006-11-17 05:40:12 · answer #6 · answered by NuncProTunc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't deja, do you, well I deja vu you
2006-11-17 05:50:17 · answer #7 · answered by ste53 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cest moi....bien sur mon ami....i love the little madeleines.mmmm scrummy.....
2006-11-17 05:44:51 · answer #8 · answered by chris w. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
niet
2006-11-17 09:25:11 · answer #9 · answered by catweazle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't you just ask me that?
2006-11-17 05:37:31 · answer #10 · answered by Kezzi T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋