A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism - Machado de Assis

"This is a masterpiece of criticism. The coherence of Schwarz's perspective and the clarity with which he elaborates the economic and cultural insights that form his dialectical approach to literature make his study a paradigmatic one for theoretical enterprise. By concentrating his interpretive talents on Machado's style, Schwarz also illuminates a question that has puzzled many present Machado readers: Why do we find him so satisfylingly contemporary?"--Leslie Damasceno, Duke University

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction / John Gledson

Preface

1. Initial Observations

2. A Formal Principle

3. The Practical Matrix

4. Some Implications of the Prose

5. The Social Aspect of the Narrator and the Plot

6. The Fate of the Poor

7. The Rich on Their Own

8. The Role of Ideas

9. Questions of Form

10. Literary Accumulation in a Periferal Country

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Roberto Schwarz, one of Brazil’s foremost literary and cultural critics, is the author of Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture and Duas Meninas. John Gledson is Emeritus Professor of Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of two books about Machado de Assis and was the translator of Misplaced Ideas, the only other English translation of a work by Schwarz.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Roberto Schwarz
• Mitarbeit: John Gledson (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.12.2001
• EAN: 9780822322399
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2239-9
• Seiten: 232
• Abmessung: 151 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Gewicht: 345 g
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Romanische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American