{"product_id":"a-master-on-the-periphery-of-capitalism-machado-de-assis-paperback","title":"A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism: Machado de Assis - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberto Schwarz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Gledson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Master on the Periphery of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e is a translation (from the original Portuguese) of Roberto Schwarz's renowned study of the work of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839-1908). A leading Brazilian theorist and author of the highly influential notion of \"misplaced ideas,\" Schwarz focuses his literary and cultural analysis on Machado's \u003ci\u003eThe Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in 1880. Writing in the Marxist tradition, Schwarz investigates in particular how social structure gets internalized as literary form, arguing that Machado's style replicates and reveals the deeply embedded class divisions of nineteenth-century Brazil.\u003cbr\u003e\t Widely acknowledged as the most important novelist to have written in Latin America before 1940, Machado had a surprisingly modern style. Schwarz notes that the unprecedented wit, sarcasm, structural inventiveness, and mercurial changes of tone and subject matter found in \u003ci\u003eThe Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas\u003c\/i\u003e marked a crucial moment in the history of Latin American literature. He argues that Machado's vanguard narrative reflects the Brazilian owner class and its peculiar status in both national and international contexts, and shows why this novel's success was no accident. The author was able to confront some of the most prestigious ideologies of the nineteenth century with some uncomfortable truths, not the least of which was that slavery remained the basis of the Brazilian economy.\u003cbr\u003e\t\u003ci\u003eA Master on the Periphery of Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to those with interests in Latin American literature, nineteenth century history, and Marxist literary theory.\u003cbr\u003e\t\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a masterpiece of criticism. The coherence of Schwarz's perspective and the clarity with which he elaborates the economic and cultural insights that form his dialectical approach to literature make his study a paradigmatic one for theoretical enterprise. By concentrating his interpretive talents on Machado's style, Schwarz also illuminates a question that has puzzled many present Machado readers: Why do we find him so satisfylingly contemporary?--Leslie Damasceno, Duke University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberto Schwarz, one of Brazil's foremost literary and cultural critics, is the author of \u003ci\u003eMisplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDuas Meninas.\u003c\/i\u003e John Gledson is Emeritus Professor of Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of two books about Machado de Assis and was the translator of \u003ci\u003eMisplaced Ideas, \u003c\/i\u003e the only other English translation of a work by Schwarz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9.24 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722420424767,"sku":"9780822322399","price":52.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8a0cce6bed0d297aa567a176ec2c4021.webp?v=1765095706","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-master-on-the-periphery-of-capitalism-machado-de-assis-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}