Roberto Schwarz

Misplaced Ideas

Essays on Brazilian Culture
Herausgeber: Gledson, John

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Produktbeschreibung

"Misplaced Ideas" spans the 19th and 20th centuries, and examines the life and work of Brazil's most influential novelist, Machado de Assis, as well as Brazilian film, poetry, theatre and music. Among the recurrent themes are the dangers of nationalism, and the notion of "Third World" literature.

Produktdetails

• Critical Studies in Latin American and Iberian Culture
• Verlag: Verso Books
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9780860915768
• ISBN-10: 086091576X
• Artikelnr.: 26229108

Autorenporträt

Roberto Schwarz, born in Vienna in 1938, grew up in São Paulo, studying there and later in the United States and France. His books in English include Two Girls, Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture and A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism, the central component of his study of Machado.