Books and Periodicals in Brazil 1768-1930 - A Transatlantic Perspective

This book brings together a collection of original articles on the transnational relations between Brazil and European countries, especially Britain and France, in the domain of literature and print culture from the beginning of the nineteenth century.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Reading in Colonial Brazil 2. Booksellers in Rio de Janeiro: The Book Trade and Circulation of Ideas from 1808 to 1831 3. Seditious Books and Ideas of Revolution in Brazil (1830–71) 4. Migratory Literary Forms: British Novels in Nineteenth-Century Brazil 5. The Library that Disappeared: The Rio de Janeiro British Subscription Library 6. The History of a Pseudo-Dumas Novel: The Hand of the Dead 7. Revista Nacional e Estrangeira (1839–40): A Foreign or a Brazilian Magazine? 8. The Role of the Press in the Incorporation of Brazil into the Paris Fashion System 9. The Brazilian and the French Bas de Page 10. How to Be a Professional Writer in Nineteenth-Century Brazil 11. Print Technologies, World News and Narrative Form in Machado de Assis 12. The Brazilian Book Market in Portugal in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century and the Paradigm Change in Luso-Brazilian Cultural Relations 13. Popular Editions and Best-sellers at the End of the Nineteenth Century in Brazil 14. The Brazilian Publishing Industry at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: The Path of Monteiro Lobato

About the author

Ana Claudia Suriani Da Silva

Summary

This book brings together a collection of original articles on the transnational relations between Brazil and European countries, especially Britain and France, in the domain of literature and print culture from the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva, Ana Claudia Suriani Vasconcelos Da Silva, Ana Claudia Suriani Da Silva, Anaclaudiasurianida Silva
• Assisted by: Ana Cláudia Suriani Da Silva (Editor), Sandra Guardini Vasconcelos (Editor), Sandra Guardini Vasconcelos (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2014
• EAN: 9781909662322
• ISBN: 978-1-909662-32-2
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Brazil, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, C 1700 To C 1800, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade