On Emerging from Hyper-Nation : Saramago's "Historical" Trilogy /
This book presents a critical analysis of Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago's three novels, Baltasar and Blimunda (1982), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984), and The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989).
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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West Lafayette, Indiana :
Purdue University Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: What's in a Smile?; Chapter One: Portuguese Fascism and Literary Institutionality; Chapter Two: Baltasar and Blimunda: The Readership Pact and the Release of Pleasure; Chapter Three: Reading the Labyrinth: Text as Obstacle in The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Chapter Four: Mastering the Culture's Tool Kit, or "Is the City Still Taken?": The History of the Siege of Lisbon's Self-Invited Reader; Conclusion: What Has the Smile Brought with It?; Notes; Works Cited and Consulted; Index; About the Book; About the Author.