Machado de Assis toward a poetics of emulation

This book offers an alternative explanation for one of the core dilemmas of Brazilian literary criticism: the "midlife crisis". Machado de Assis underwent from 1878 to 1880, the result of which was the writing of The Posthumous Memoirs of Brs̀ Cubas, as well as the remarkable production of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rocha, João Cezar de Castro (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press 2015.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39268184*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Translator's Note; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Paradox of the Ur-Author; Chapter 1. The Shipwreck of Illusions; Chapter 2. In the Middle of the Way There Was an Author; Chapter 3. Toward a Poetics of Emulation; Chapter 4. The Decisive Years; Chapter 5. Forms of Emulation; Conclusion. Echoes of Paris?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.