Memoirs Of A Militia Sergeant

Author : Manuel Antônio de Almeida
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780199761678

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Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant by Manuel Antônio de Almeida Pdf

Recognized as a turning point in Brazilian literature, this entertaining novel of urban manners follows the neer-do-well Leonardo through his various romantic liaisons and frequent scrapes with the law. First printed in weekly installments in 1852, and later published in two volumes in 1854-55, Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant comprises a series of humorous vignettes held together by the adventures and misfortunes of this young rogue--who matures from a handful of a toddler into a ruffian of a boy and an idler of a young man--and his father, also named Leonardo. Manuel Antonio De Almeida tells a story in everyday language that is rich in detail of life on the streets and the modest circumstances of the free poor of Rio de Janeiro. Through satirical accounts of the escapades of characters who always seem close to the brink of some personal crisis or social misstep, yet who manage to pull through by hook or by crook, Almeida makes a subtle and incisive comment on Brazilian urban society and culture of the nineteenth century. Now available in a new and lively translation, Memoirs of a Military Sergeant occupies an important position in the satirical literature of Brazil and the world.

Author : Manuel Antônio de Almeida
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Brazil
ISBN : 0197725236

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Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant by Manuel Antônio de Almeida Pdf

Author : Manuel Antônio de Almeida
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
ISBN : 8563437011

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Memoirs of a militia sergeant by Manuel Antônio de Almeida Pdf

A linguagem popular e a vida das camadas pobres e médias são as protagonistas deste romance que faz uma crônica de costumes do Brasil de dom João VI. Publicado pela primeira vez como folhetim, este romance descreve a trajetória do anti-herói Leonardo, endiabrado filho de imigrantes portugueses que, após uma infância atribulada, escolhe a vadiagem como ocupação e, depois de inúmeros percalços, acaba se tornando um sargento de milícias.

Author : Manuel Ant?nio de Almeida
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199938919

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Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant by Manuel Ant?nio de Almeida Pdf

Recognized as a turning point in Brazilian literature, this entertaining novel of urban manners follows the neer-do-well Leonardo through his various romantic liaisons and frequent scrapes with the law. First printed in weekly installments in 1852, and later published in two volumes in 1854-55, Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant comprises a series of humorous vignettes held together by the adventures and misfortunes of this young rogue--who matures from a handful of a toddler into a ruffian of a boy and an idler of a young man--and his father, also named Leonardo. Manuel Antonio De Almeida tells a story in everyday language that is rich in detail of life on the streets and the modest circumstances of the free poor of Rio de Janeiro. Through satirical accounts of the escapades of characters who always seem close to the brink of some personal crisis or social misstep, yet who manage to pull through by hook or by crook, Almeida makes a subtle and incisive comment on Brazilian urban society and culture of the nineteenth century. Now available in a new and lively translation, Memoirs of a Military Sergeant occupies an important position in the satirical literature of Brazil and the world.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Nonsuch Publishing, Limited
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 184588034X

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Memoirs of a Sergeant

Author : S. Morley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0946879753

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Memoirs of a Sergeant of the 5th Regt

Author : Sally Gregory McMillen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195393330

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Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement by Sally Gregory McMillen Pdf

Separate spheres : law, faith, tradition -- Fashioning a better world -- Seneca Falls -- The woman's movement begins, 1850-1860 -- War, disillusionment, division -- Friction and reunification, 1870-1890 -- Epilogue : make the world better.

Author : Josh Jewell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031531347

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Economic Informality and World Literature by Josh Jewell Pdf

Author : Haroldo de Campos
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810120303

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Novas by Haroldo de Campos Pdf

A generous introduction to one of the key literary figures to emerge from Brazil in the second half of the twentieth century, this book offers English-speaking readers an ample selection of this prodigious writer's celebrated poetry and widely influential critical work. As a poet and as a cofounder of the renowned group Noigandres, Haroldo de Campos made a unique and substantial contribution to the theory and practice of experimental writing, particularly the form known as concrete poetry, and to the Latin American avant-garde as a whole. --Northwestern University Press.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 2006 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006281013

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Includes Part 1, Number 1 & 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - December)

Author : Roberto Schwarz
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781789601992

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Two Girls by Roberto Schwarz Pdf

Roberto Schwarz is the foremost literary critic of his generation in Brazil and the most important Marxist practitioner in the tradition of the Frankfurt School writing anywhere today. This collection confirms the international significance of Schwarz's critical achievement. Studies of Kafka and Brecht respectively open and close the volume, which includes incisive studies of contemporary poetry and fiction in Brazil. The centerpiece is the hitherto untranslated Two Girls, which brings together two strongly contrasting narratives of girls' lives-one a classic novel, the other an adolescent's diary-to substantiate the crucial concept of objective form. With key reflections on theory and method and an illuminating account of the general historical importance of his exemplary Brazilian novelist, Machado de Assis, Two Girls compellingly demonstrates the logic and significance of Schwarz's work for an English-language readership.

Author : Efraín Kristal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139827058

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The Cambridge Companion to the Latin American Novel by Efraín Kristal Pdf

The diverse countries of Latin America have produced a lively and ever evolving tradition of novels, many of which are read in translation all over the world. This Companion offers a broad overview of the novel's history and analyses in depth several representative works by, for example, Gabriel García Márquez, Machado de Assis, Isabel Allende and Mario Vargas Llosa. The essays collected here offer several entryways into the understanding and appreciation of the Latin American novel in Spanish-speaking America and Brazil. The volume conveys a real sense of the heterogeneity of Latin American literature, highlighting regions whose cultural and geopolitical particularities are often overlooked. Indispensable to students of Latin American or Hispanic studies and those interested in comparative literature and the development of the novel as genre, the Companion features a comprehensive bibliography and chronology and concludes with an essay about the success of Latin American novels in translation.

Author : U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.,George Lincoln Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Best books
ISBN : UCAL:B3277298

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Great Literature East & West by U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.,George Lincoln Anderson Pdf

Author : Marshall C. Eakin,Paulo Roberto de Almeida
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780299207731

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Envisioning Brazil by Marshall C. Eakin,Paulo Roberto de Almeida Pdf

Envisioning Brazil is a comprehensive and sweeping assessment of Brazilian studies in the United States. Focusing on synthesis and interpretation and assessing trends and perspectives, this reference work provides an overview of the writings on Brazil by United States scholars since 1945. "The Development of Brazilian Studies in the United States," provides an overview of Brazilian Studies in North American universities. "Perspectives from the Disciplines" surveys the various academic disciplines that cultivate Brazilian studies: Portuguese language studies, Brazilian literature, art, music, history, anthropology, Amazonian ethnology, economics, politics, and sociology. "Counterpoints: Brazilian Studies in Britain and France" places the contributions of U.S. scholars in an international perspective. "Bibliographic and Reference Sources" offers a chronology of key publications, an essay on the impact of the digital age on Brazilian sources, and a selective bibliography.

Author : Juan E. De Castro,Ignacio Lòpez-Calvo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 889 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780197541852

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The Oxford Handbook of the Latin American Novel by Juan E. De Castro,Ignacio Lòpez-Calvo Pdf

The Latin American novel burst onto the international literary scene with the Boom era--led by Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Mario Vargas Llosa--and has influenced writers throughout the world ever since. García Márquez and Vargas Llosa each received the Nobel Prize in literature, and many of the best-known contemporary novelists are inspired by the region's fiction. Indeed, magical realism, the style associated with García Márquez, has left a profound imprint on African American, African, Asian, Anglophone Caribbean, and Latinx writers. Furthermore, post-Boom literature continues to garner interest, from the novels of Roberto Bolaño to the works of César Aira and Chico Buarque, to those of younger novelists such as Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Alejandro Zambra, and Valeria Luiselli. Yet, for many readers, the Latin American novel is often read in a piecemeal manner delinked from the traditions, authors, and social contexts that help explain its evolution. The Oxford Handbook of the Latin American Novel draws literary, historical, and social connections so that readers will come away understanding this literature as a rich and compelling canon. In forty-five chapters by leading and innovative scholars, the Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction, helping readers to see the region's intrinsic heterogeneity--for only with a broader view can one fully appreciate García Márquez or Bolaño. This volume charts the literary tradition of the Latin American novel from its beginnings during colonial times, its development during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century, and its flourishing from the 1960s onward. Furthermore, the Handbook explores the regions, representations of identity, narrative trends, and authors that make this literature so diverse and fascinating, reflecting on the Latin American novel's position in world literature.