Oxford anthology of the Brazilian short story / edited by K. David Jackson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, K. David (Kenneth David)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Brazilian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (540 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contains a selection of short stories by the best-known authors in Brazilian literature, from the late nineteenth century. This anthology concludes with a haunting story, set in the opera theater in Manaus by one of Brazil's most successful writers, Milton Hatoum.

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: World World Vast World of the Brazilian Short Story; PART I: Tropical Belle Époque (1880s-1921); MACHADO DE ASSIS (1839-1908); JOSÉ VERÍSSIMO (1857-1916); EMÍLIA MONCORVA BANDEIRA DE MELLO (PSEUD. CARMEN DOLORES) (1852-1910); PAULO BARRETO (JOÃO PAULO EMÍLIO CRISTÓVÃO DOS SANTOS COELHO BARRETO; PSEUD. JOÃO DO RIO) (1881-1921); LIMA BARRETO (1881-1922); MONTEIRO LOBATO (1882-1948); PART II: Modernism (1922-1945); MÁRIO DE ANDRADE (1893-1945); ANÍBAL MACHADO (1895-1964); ALCÂNTARA MACHADO (1901-1935); JOÃO ALPHONSUS (1901-1944); BRENO ACCIOLY (1922-1966)

GRACILLIANO RAMOS (1892-1953)JORGE AMADO (1912-2001); RACHEL DE QUEIROZ (1910-2003); MARQUÊS REBELO (1907-1973); ÉRICO VERÍSSIMO (1905-1975); PART III: Modernism at Mid-Century (1945-1980); CLARICE LISPECTOR (1920-1977); JOÃO GUIMARÃES ROSA (1908-1967); OSMAN LINS (1924-1978); DALTON TREVISAN (B. 1925); PAULO EMÍLIO SALLES GOMES (1916-1977); CARLOS DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE (1902-1987); PART IV: Contemporary Visions (after 1980); NÉLIDA PIÑÓN (B. 1936); LYGIA FAGUNDES TELLES (B. 1923); MURILO RUBIÃO (1916-1981); J.J. VEIGA (1915-1999); MOACYR SCLIAR (B. 1937); AUTRAN DOURADO (B. 1926)

ORÍGENES LESSA (1903-1986)RUBEM FONSECA (B. 1925); CARLOS HEITOR CONY (B. 1926); SAMUEL RAWET (1929-1984); HILDA HILST (1930-2004); VICTOR GIUDICE (1934-1997); EDLA VAN STEEN (B. 1936); CAIO FERNANDO ABREU (1948-1996); MILTON HATOUM (B. 1952); SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-518).

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029053-6

0-19-804228-0

1-280-84082-X

9786610840823

0-19-972434-2

1-4294-6881-5

OCLC:

476026636