Machado De Assis''s Philosopher Or Dog? - From Serial to Book Form

Informationen zum Autor Suriani da Silva Klappentext Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford! 2007. Zusammenfassung This book reinforces Franco Moretti's findings, by examining whether they apply to the relationship that Machado de Assis maintained with the serial novel, as a genre and format of publication of fiction invented in Europe, and with the means of literary production available in Rio de Janeiro. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: The Format and Context of Reading 1. Machado de Assis's Novels in Serial and Book Form 2. Philosopher or Dog? and the Fashion Section of A Estação 3. Philosopher or Dog? and the Literary Section of A Estação Part II: Narrative Technique and the Two Versions 4. The Kaleidoscopic Narrative of Philosopher or Dog? 5. The First Version: Under the Sign of the Serial 6. From the Magazine to the Book: The Global View of the Novel 7. The Fictional Rhetoric of Philosopher or Dog? 8. Conclusion: Philosopher or Dog? The Beginning of the End of the Serial?

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• Authors: Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva, Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva, Suriani Da Silva, Surianida Silva, Silva Suriani da
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.05.2010
• EAN: 9781906540456
• ISBN: 978-1-906540-45-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Legenda Main; Legenda Main
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Portuguese, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form