On a recent trip to Brazil, Salman Rushie confessed his appreciation of the workd of Machado de Assis. Similarly, on the occasion of the release of his film, Matchpoint, Woody Allen expressed his admiration for the author of Dom Casmurro. Cultural supplements in newspapers and magazines have enthusiastically reprinted these encomiums for the author of The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas. Is it possible that a "master on the periphery of capitalism"--to use Roberto Schwarz's expression--can achieve full recognition in the "world republic of letters"--as Pascale Casanova calls the structure of...
On a recent trip to Brazil, Salman Rushie confessed his appreciation of the workd of Machado de Assis. Similarly, on the occasion of the release of hi...
Lusofonia and Its Futures is a richly textured collection of essays on the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world, which comprises more than 240 million people in eight countries on four continents. The notion of Lusofonia encompasses the cultural identities generated by Portuguese speakers with shared as well as divergent histories. This volume presents a nuanced and critical study of the concept and history of Lusofonia from a variety of theoretical approaches. In addition to focusing on this theme, Lusofonia and Its Futures includes fiction in translation by writers from several countries...
Lusofonia and Its Futures is a richly textured collection of essays on the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world, which comprises more than 240 millio...
