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A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism - Machado de Assis (Paperback)
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A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism - Machado de Assis (Paperback)
Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions
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"A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism" is a translation (from
the original Portuguese) of Roberto Schwarz's renowned study of the
work of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839-1908). A leading
Brazilian theorist and author of the highly influential notion of
"misplaced ideas," Schwarz focuses his literary and cultural
analysis on Machado's "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas," which
was published in 1880. Writing in the Marxist tradition, Schwarz
investigates in particular how social structure gets internalized
as literary form, arguing that Machado's style replicates and
reveals the deeply embedded class divisions of nineteenth-century
Brazil.
Widely acknowledged as the most important novelist to have
written in Latin America before 1940, Machado had a surprisingly
modern style. Schwarz notes that the unprecedented wit, sarcasm,
structural inventiveness, and mercurial changes of tone and subject
matter found in "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas" marked a
crucial moment in the history of Latin American literature. He
argues that Machado's vanguard narrative reflects the Brazilian
owner class and its peculiar status in both national and
international contexts, and shows why this novel's success was no
accident. The author was able to confront some of the most
prestigious ideologies of the nineteenth century with some
uncomfortable truths, not the least of which was that slavery
remained the basis of the Brazilian economy.
"A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism "will appeal to those
with interests in Latin American literature, nineteenth century
history, and Marxist literary theory.
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