The exact influence of Proust's sexuality on his writing is a topic of debate.Sedgwick (1992); O'Brien (1949) However, In Search of Lost Time discusses homosexuality at length and features several principal characters, both men and women, who are either homosexual or bisexual: the Baron de Charlus, Robert de Saint-Loup, Odette de Crécy, and Albertine Simonet.Sedgwick (1992); Ladenson (1999); Bersani (2013) Homosexuality also appears as a theme in Les plaisirs et les jours and his unfinished novel, Jean Santeuil.
The exact influence of Proust's sexuality on his writing is a topic of debateSedgwick (1992); O'Brien (1949) However, In Search of Lost Time discusses homosexuality at length and features several principal characters, both men and women, who are either homosexual or bisexual: the Baron de Charlus, Robert de Saint-Loup Odette de Crécy, and Albertine Simonet.Sedgwick (1992); Ladenson (1999); Bersani (2013) Homosexuality also appears as a theme in Les plaisirs et les jours and his unfinished novel, Jean Santeuil.