Here Howard Becker makes available for an English-speaking audience a
collection of the provocative work of Antonio Candido, one of the
leading men of letters in Brazil. Trained as a sociologist, Candido
conceives of literature as a social project and is equally at home in
textual analyses, discussions of literary theory, and sociological,
anthropological, and historical argument. It would be impossible to
overstate his impact on the intellectual life of his own country, and
on Latin American scholars who can read Portuguese, but he is little
known in the rest of the world. In literary, women's, and cultural
studies, as well as in sociology, this book contributes a
sophisticated and unusual perspective that will dazzle readers
unfamiliar with Candido's work. Emphasizing the breadth of Candido's
interests, the essays include those on European literature (Dumas,
Conrad, Kafka, and Cavafy, for example), on Brazilian literature
(Machado de Assis and others), on Brazilian cultural life and
politics, and on general problems of criticism (the relations between
sociology and criticism, and the problem of literature in
underdeveloped countries). Of particular interest is a long piece on
Teresina Carini Rocchi, an Italian immigrant to Brazil, who was a
lifelong socialist. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy
Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make
available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
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ISBN
9781400863983
Publisert
2014
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Princeton University Press
Språk
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Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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