Lima Barreto : New Critical Perspectives.

This is the first volume of critical essays in English on the much-studied Lima Barreto. Each chapter explores not only his life and vast body of work but also the historical and societal conditions in which his literary voice emerged.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Aidoo, Lamonte
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington Books, 2013.
Subjects:
Barreto, Lima, > 1881-1922 > Criticism and interpretation.
Barreto, Lima, > 1881-1922
Brazilian literature > History and criticism.
Littérature brésilienne > Histoire et critique.
Brazilian literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page
  • Introduction
  • Lima Barreto and Gender
  • Race and Sex in Lima Barreto and Charles Chesnutt
  • Endo-Colonialist Impulses
  • Lima Barreto and the Mimetic Experience
  • A Brazilian Pan-Africanistat the Turn of the Century
  • Climbing the Social Ladder as a Tragic Farce in Brazil at the Turn of the Century
  • Extraordinary Delusions
  • "Fatally Condemned to Wander"
  • From Synthesis to Difference
  • Reading Lima Barretoagainst Lima Barreto
  • Freyreans, Marxists, and the "Labyrinth of Nations"
  • Men in their Wor(l)ds
  • Index
  • About the Contributors.

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