Reading Rio de Janeiro
Subtitle: literature and society in the nineteenth century
By: Zephyr L. Frank
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780804757447
Subjects: Social conditions; History and criticism; Brazilian fiction; Literature and society; History
Description: '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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Brazilian Bildungsroman; title: Sonhos d'ouro; title: Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas; title: O coruja; title: Sentimental educations; title: Marriage and money; title: Problems of spatial practice.