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The Transatlantic Circulation of Novels Between Europe and Brazil, 1789-1914
Marcia . Ed(S): Abreu
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Hardback. Editor(s): Abreu, Marcia. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 293 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KLSB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book brings a renewed critical focus to the history of novel writing, publishing, selling and reading, expanding its viewing beyond national territories. Relying on primary sources (such as advertisements, censorship reviews, publisher and bookstore catalogues), the book examines the paths taken by novels in their shifts between Europe and Brazil, investigates the flow of translations in both directions, pays attention to the successful novels of the time and analyses the critical response to fiction in both sides of the Atlantic. It reveals that neither nineteenth century culture can be properly understood by focusing on a single territory, nor literature can ... Read more
This book brings a renewed critical focus to the history of novel writing, publishing, selling and reading, expanding its viewing beyond national territories. Relying on primary sources (such as advertisements, censorship reviews, publisher and bookstore catalogues), the book examines the paths taken by novels in their shifts between Europe and Brazil, investigates the flow of translations in both directions, pays attention to the successful novels of the time and analyses the critical response to fiction in both sides of the Atlantic. It reveals that neither nineteenth century culture can be properly understood by focusing on a single territory, nor literature can ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in Book History
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319468365
SKU
V9783319468365
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Ref
99-15
About Marcia . Ed(S): Abreu
Márcia Abreu is Professor of Brazilian literature at the University of Campinas, Brazil. She has coordinated team projects in Brazil, United States, France and Portugal, and has published several books and articles, including The Cultural Revolution of the Nineteenth Century: Theatre, the Book-Trade and Reading in the Transatlantic World (2016), edited with Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva.
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