Description: Master on the Periphery of Capitalism : Machado De Assis, Paperback by Schwarz, Roberto; Gledson, John; Fish, Stanley Eugene (EDT); Jameson, Fredric (EDT), ISBN 0822322390, ISBN-13 9780822322399, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism is a translation (from the original Portuguese) of Roberto Schwarz&;s renowned study of the work of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839&;1908). A leading Brazilian theorist and author of the highly influential notion of &;misplaced ideas,&; Schwarz focuses his literary and cultural analysis on Machado&;s The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, which was published in 1880. Writing in the Marxist tradition, Schwarz investigates in particular how social structure gets internalized as literary form, arguing that Machado&;s style replicates and reveals the deeply embedded class divisions of nineteenth-century Brazil. Widely acknowledged as the most important novelist to have written in Latin America before 1940, Machado had a surprisingly modern style. Schwarz notes that the unprecedented wit, sarcasm, structural inventiveness, and mercurial changes of tone and subject matter found in The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas marked a crucial moment in the history of Latin American literature. He argues that Machado&;s vanguard narrative reflects the Brazilian owner class and its peculiar status in both national and international contexts, and shows why this novel&;s success was no accident. The author was able to confront some of the most prestigious ideologies of the nineteenth century with some uncomfortable truths, not the least of which was that slavery remained the basis of the Brazilian economy. A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism will appeal to those with interests in Latin American literature, nineteenth century history, and Marxist literary theory.
Price: 32.41 USD
Location: Jessup, Maryland
End Time: 2025-01-01T20:24:57.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Master on the Periphery of Capitalism : Machado De Assis
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Name: Master on the Periphery of Capitalism : Machado De Assis
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Caribbean & Latin American, European / Spanish & Portuguese, Business
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Author: Roberto Schwarz
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
