Reading Rio de Janeiro : literature and society in the nineteenth century / Zephyr Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Zephyr L., 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazilian fiction--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--19th century--History and criticism.

Brazilian fiction.

Literature and society--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Social conditions--19th century.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Reading Rio de Janeiro' blazes a new trail for understanding the cultural history of 19th-century Brazil. To bring the social fabric of Rio de Janeiro alive, Zephyr Frank flips the historian's usual interest in literature as a source of evidence and, instead, uses the historical context to understand literature. By focusing on the theme of social integration through the novels of Jose de Alencar, Machado de Assis, and Aluisio Azevedo, the author draws the reader's attention to the way characters are caught between conflicting moral imperatives.

Contents:

Introduction : the Brazilian Bildungsroman

Sonhos d'ouro

Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas

O coruja

Sentimental educations

Marriage and money

Problems of spatial practice.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804797306

0804797307

OCLC:

928716996