The Novels of Jose Saramago - Echoes from the Past, Pathways into the Future

Informationen zum Autor David Frier is a senior lecturer in Portuguese at the University of Leeds and the author of Visions of the Self in the Novels of Camilo Castelo Branco . Klappentext Since he won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998! Jose Saramago's prominence amongst English speakers has risen dramatically. In "The Novels of Jose Saramago!" David Frier presents a comprehensive introduction to the work of Portugal's best-known writer. Paying particular attention to questions raised by the ideological content of Saramago's novels! Frier also explores the specifically Portuguese literary and cultural traditions that inform the work while situating Saramago firmly within the context of world literature. This pioneering study will be essential for anyone seeking a thorough grounding in the work of one of our most important living novelists. Zusammenfassung Jose Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998! the first writer in Portuguese to receive the world's most prized literary award. This book covers both his acclaimed historically-based fictions and his! allegorical works! demonstrating the continuity of thought and image between these two phases of the writer's career.

Product details

• Authors: David Frier, David G. Frier, David Gibson Frier
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2007
• EAN: 9780708320150
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2015-0
• No. of pages: 231
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Series: University of Wales - Iberian; Iberian and Latin American Studies; Iberian and Latin American Studies; University of Wales - Iberian; Iberian and Latin American Stu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Portugal, Future, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, of, Pathways, From, Past, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Novels, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, echoes, into, Saramago, Jose