To the victor, the potatoes! : literary form and social process in the beginnings of the Brazilian novel / by Roberto Schwarz ; edited and translated, with an introduction, by Ronald W. Sousa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwarz, Roberto, author.

Contributor:

Sousa, Ronald W., 1943- editor, translator, writer of introduction.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 206.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 206

Standardized Title:

Ao vencedor as batatas. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Machado de Assis, 1839-1908--Criticism and interpretation.

Machado de Assis.

Machado de Assis, 1839-1908.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 154 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

"Literary forms travel from core countries to the periphery of capitalism, where they are adopted under social conditions that differ from those in the countries of their origin. Besides being inevitable, the resulting maladjustments lead to new and original aesthetic problems, presenting to the reader the symptoms of the world's complexity. When properly worked through, these allow for the rise of world-class art, as in the case of the great Brazilian novels by Machado de Assis. First published in Portuguese in 1977 as Ao vencedor as batatas: Forma literária e processo social nos inícios do romance brasileiro by Duas Cidades/Editora 34, ISBN 978-85-7326-169-2, and presented here in a new English-language translation, To the Victor, the Potatoes! is a major work of one of the most significant Marxist literary critics of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

Literary forms travel from core countries to the periphery of capitalism, where they are adopted under social conditions that differ from those in the countries of their origin. Besides being inevitable, the resulting maladjustments lead to new and original aesthetic problems, presenting to the reader the symptoms of the world's complexity. When properly worked through, these allow for the rise of world-class art, as in the case of the great Brazilian novels by Machado de Assis.0First published in Portuguese in 1977 as 'Ao vencedor as batatas: Forma literaria e processo social nos inicios do romance brasileiro' by Duas Cidades/Editora 34, ISBN 978-85-7326-169-2, and presented here in a new English-language translation, 'To the Victor, the Potatoes!' is a major work of one of the most significant Marxist literary critics of our time.

Contents:

Reading the Truth of Falseness: An Introduction / Ronald W. Sousa

Acknowledgements

A BBC Interview with Roberto Schwarz, on the Subject of Machado de Assis

Misplaced Ideas

The Importation of the Novel and Its Contradictions in Alencar

Paternalism and Its Rationalisation in Machado de Assis' Early Novels. General Considerations

A Mão e a Luva

Helena

Iaiá Garcia

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Schwarz, Roberto, To the victor, the potatoes!

ISBN:

9789004417700

9004417702

OCLC:

1121424799