Machado de Assis
Subtitle: multiracial identity and the Brazilian novelist
By: G. Reginald Daniel
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: University Park
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780271052465
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Race in literature
Description: "Examines how racial identity and race relations are expressed in the writings of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), Brazil's foremost author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Machado de Assis: the critical legacy; title: Neither Black nor white: the Brazilian racial order; title: The mulatto author: the literary canon and the racial contract; title: Black into white: racial identity and the life of Machado de Assis; title: The public racial text: racial identity and the writings of the unknown Machado; title: The meta-mulatto: racial identity and the writings of Machado de Assis; title: The hidden racial text: racial identity and the writings of Machado de Assis; title: Toward literary independence: national identity and the writings of Machado de Assis; title: The transformative vision: seeing with the third eye; title: Machado de Assis: from romantic realism to impressionism; title: Epilogue: Machado de Assis: an alternative interpretation/ G. Reginald Daniel with Gary L. Haddow.