Three Sad Races: Racial Identity and National Consciousness in Brazilian Literature - Brossura

Haberly, David T.

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ISBN 10: 0521155347 ISBN 13: 9780521155342

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

An innovative interpretation of the development of Brazilian literature from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, first published in 1983.

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Descrizione del libro

An innovative interpretation of the development of Brazilian literature from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Originally published in 1983, Three Sad Races is a study of how Brazilian literature deals with the nation's racial diversity themes and gives vent to the general disquietude concerning this.

Contenuti

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. From Indians to Indianism; 2. The songs of an exile: Antônio Gonçalves Dias; 3. The novelist as matchmaker: José de Alencar; 4. The poet as slave: Antônio de Castro Alves; 5. A journey through the escape hatch: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis; 6. The black swan: João da Cruz e Sousa; 7. From despair to Modernism; 8. The harlequin: Mário de Andrade; Conclusion: the Edenic metaphor; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521155347
• ISBN 13: 9780521155342
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 210
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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