Reading Rio de Janeiro : literature and society in the nineteenth century
Brazilian fiction Literature and society LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese Social conditions Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Criticism, interpretation, etc History
Stanford University Press
2016
EISBN 9780804797306
Introduction : the Brazilian Bildungsroman.
Sonhos d'ouro.
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas.
O coruja.
Sentimental educations.
Marriage and money.
Problems of spatial practice.
'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.
Sonhos d'ouro.
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas.
O coruja.
Sentimental educations.
Marriage and money.
Problems of spatial practice.
'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.
