Machado de Assis and Feminism
Author | : Maria Manuel Lisboa |
Publisher | : Edwin Mellen Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105018327408 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Machado de Assis and Feminism by : Maria Manuel Lisboa
Download or read book Machado de Assis and Feminism written by Maria Manuel Lisboa and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machado de Assis is generally regarded as one of Brazil's foremost men of letters and best novelists. This study examines the author's potentially radical understanding of an interaction between the sexes in the course of which a series of social conventions uncontested in 19th-century Brazil are brought into question.