Machado de Assis: Toward a Poetics of Emulation

by João Cezar de Castro Rocha

Book Overview

This book offers an alternative explanation for one of the core dilemmas of Brazilian literary criticism: the "midlife crisis" Machado de Assis underwent from 1878 to 1880, the result of which was the writing of The Posthumous Memoirs of Br s Cubas, as well as the remarkable production of his mature years--with an emphasis on his masterpiece, Dom Casmurro.

At the center of this alternative explanation, Castro Rocha situates the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611861810
• ISBN13: 9781611861815
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"