The transatlantic circulation of novels between Europe and Brazil, 1789-1914 / edited by Márcia Abreu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abreu, Márcia, editor.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Series:

New directions in book history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Brazil--History.

Books and reading.

Books and reading--Europe--History.

Brazilian fiction--Appreciation--Europe--History.

Brazilian fiction.

European fiction--Appreciation--Brazil--History.

European fiction.

Brazilian fiction--Translations--History and criticism.

European fiction--Translations--History and criticism.

Translations.

European fiction--Appreciation.

History.

Brazil.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xiii, 292 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Summary:

This book brings a renewed critical focus to the history of novel writing, publishing, selling and reading, expanding its viewing beyond national territories. Relying on primary sources (such as advertisements, censorship reviews, publisher and bookstore catalogues), the book examines the paths taken by novels in their shifts between Europe and Brazil, investigates the flow of translations in both directions, pays attention to the successful novels of the time and analyses the critical response to fiction in both sides of the Atlantic. It reveals that neither nineteenth century culture can be properly understood by focusing on a single territory, nor literature can be fully perceived by looking only to the texts, ignoring their material existence and their place in social and economical practices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783319468365

3319468367

OCLC:

957533666