Machado de Assis and Narrative Theory : : Language, Imitation, Art, and Verisimilitude in the Last Six Novels / / Earl E. Fitz.

This book makes the argument that Machado de Assis, hailed as one of Latin American literature’s greatest writers, was also a major theoretician of the modern novel form. Steeped in the works of Western literature and an imaginative reader of French Symbolist poetry, Machado creates, between 1880 an...

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Place / Publishing House:Lewisburg, PA : : Bucknell University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory
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Physical Description:1 online resource (242 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Translations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
  • 2. The Psychiatrist
  • 3. Quincas Borba
  • 4. Dom Casmurro
  • 5. Esau and Jacob
  • 6. Counselor Ayres’ Memorial
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author