Machado De Assis; The Brazilian Master and His Novels by Helen Caldwell ISBN 13: 9780520016088

University of California Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of California Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Berkeley, Etc.: University of California Press, 1970. 270p., original cloth.

Berkeley. 1970. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0520016084. 270 pages. hardcover. keywords: Biography Brazil Literature Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Machado de Assis is among the most original creative minds in Brazil's rich, four-century-long literary tradition. Miss Caldwell's critical and biographical study explores Machado's purpose, meaning, and artistic method in each of his nine novels, published between 1872 and 1908. She traces the ideas and recurrent themes, and identifies his affinities with other authors. In tracing Machado's experimentation with narrative techniques, Miss Caldwell reveals the increasingly subtle use he made of point of view, sometimes indirect or reflected, sometimes multiple and ‘nested' like Chinese boxes. Miss Caldwell shows the increasing sureness with which he individualized his characters, and how, in advance of his time, he developed action, not by realistic detail, but by the boldest… Read More

US: University of California Press, 1970. First edition. . Hard cover. New. No dust jacket. Ships today from the USA with free USPS Delivery Confirmation upgrade!. 1 Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 270 p. Index. Audience: General/trade. 6x9x7silleafOcoachgncloth / bas 050111