Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant - Brossura

De Almeida, Manuel Ant¿nio

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0195115503 ISBN 13: 9780195115505

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press USA, 1999

Riassunto

First published in 1854, this delightful novel of urban manners follows a ne'er-do-well militial sergeant through his romantic liaisons and frequent scrapes with the law. Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant was long considered an early picaresque romance that emphasized the peculiarly roguish element in the Brazilian character.

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L'autore:

Thomas Holloway is a distinguished historian at Cornell University. His most recent book is Policing Rio de Janeiro: Repression and Resistance in a Nineteenth-Century City. Flora S�ssekind is a professor at the University of Rio de Janeiro and a researcher at the Casa de Rui Barbosa Center for Research. Ronald W. Sousa is a professor in the department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at the University of Illinois, Urbana. He is a translator of Latin American fiction, as well as a literary critic and editor.

Product Description:

First published in 1854, this novel of urban manners follows a ne'er-do-well militia sergeant through his romantic liaisons and frequent scrapes with the law.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0195115503
• ISBN 13: 9780195115505
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208