Misplaced Ideas
Author | : Roberto Schwarz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015046424035 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Misplaced Ideas by : Roberto Schwarz
Download or read book Misplaced Ideas written by Roberto Schwarz and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misplaced Ideas spans the 19th and 20th centuries, and examines the life and work of Brazil's most influential novelist, Machado de Assis, as well as Brazilian film, poetry, theatre and music. Among the themes that run through the text are the dangers of nationalism, the West's attraction for exotic backwardness and the notion of Third World literature.