Machado de Assis: The World Keeps Changing to Remain the Same
Author:   Mario Higa (Author)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
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9781855664210


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   08 July 2025
Format:   Paperback
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A lively and accessible introduction to Machado de Assis and his work Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is a world-class writer and arguably the greatest of Brazilian literature. Susan Sontag deemed him ""the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America,"" and Harold Bloom, ""the supreme black literary artist to date."" John Updike called him a ""master,"" and Carlos Fuentes, a ""miracle."" This book guides the reader through Machado's biography, times, and critical reception and examines his various personas - the translator, poet, playwright, critic, cronista, short story writer, and novelist - paying particular attention to his fictional prose, which most clearly conveys his acerbic criticism of Brazilian society and his deft view of the human condition. The book closes with an updated list of Machado's works available in English translation and a selection of further critical studies.

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Author:   Mario Higa (Author)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   Tamesis Books
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9781855664210


ISBN 10:   1855664216
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   08 July 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations A Note on Translations Acknowledgments 1. ""Better than Borges"" 2. Machado de Assis: Life and Ethos 3. Translation, Poetry, and Drama: The Quest for Greatness 4. Criticism and Crônica: The Quest for Greatness Continues 5. Short Stories: The Dialectical Other 6. Novels: Lights! Camera! Digression! 7. The World Keeps Changing to Remain the Same 8. The Machado Dictionary Appendix One: Machado de Assis in English Appendix Two: On Machado de Assis in English Bibliography

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MARIO HIGA is Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies at Middlebury College.

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