Short Stories, Knowledge and the Supernatural: Machado de Assis, Henry James and Guy de Maupassant

by Amandio Reis

This book proposes a comparative approach to the supernatural short stories of Machado de Assis, Henry James and Guy de Maupassant. It offers an alternative to predominantly novel-centric and Anglo-centric perspectives on literary pre-modernism by investigating a transnational and multilingual connection between genre, theme and theory, i.e., between the modern short story, the supernatural and the problem of knowledge. Incorporating a close analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031066839
• ISBN13: 9783031066832
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"