Machado de Assis: The Brazilian Master and His Novels

by Helen Caldwell

Book Overview

Machado de Assis is among the most original creative minds in Brazil's rich, four-century-long literary tradition. Caldwell's critical and biographical study explores Machado's purpose, meaning, and artistic method in each of his nine novels, published between 1872 and 1908. She traces the ideas and recurrent themes, and identifies his affinities with other authors. In tracing Machado's experimentation with narrative techniques, Caldwell reveals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520307224
• ISBN13: 9780520307223
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"