Machado de Assis : Toward a Poetics of Emulation /

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This book offers an alternative explanation for one of the core dilemmas of Brazilian literary criticism: the "midlife crisis". Machado de Assis underwent from 1878 to 1880, the result of which was the writing of The Posthumous Memoirs of Brs̀ Cubas, as well as the remarkable production of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rocha, João Cezar de Castro
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Portugués
Published: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Machado de Assis, > 1839-1908.
Machado de Assis, > 1839-1908 > Criticism and interpretation.
Imitation in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Imitation (Litterature)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Translator's Note; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Paradox of the Ur-Author; Chapter 1. The Shipwreck of Illusions; Chapter 2. In the Middle of the Way There Was an Author; Chapter 3. Toward a Poetics of Emulation; Chapter 4. The Decisive Years; Chapter 5. Forms of Emulation; Conclusion. Echoes of Paris?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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