Land of Metaphorical Desires

The Representation of Amazonia in Brazilian Literature

Pedro Maligo (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

1998
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-3005-8 (ISBN)

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Analysis of recurrent language and images in the representation of Amazonia in Brazilian literature shows that the region has been depicted predominantly as a space apart onto which authors project economic, aesthetic, and sociopolitical desires that usually derive from other cultures. The creation of such symbolic territory reproduces expectations that depend on a continuing intellectual debate for their form of expression. In Land of Metaphorical Desires Pedro Maligo examines chronologically the works of the most important Brazilian writers who have participated in this debate from the 1870s to the 1980s.

The Author: Pedro Maligo is Associate Professor in the Department of Romance and Classical Languages at Michigan State University. He received his Ph.D. in Portuguese from the University of Texas at Austin. He has published articles on Brazilian literature in professional journals in the United States and Brazil.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.1998
Reihe/Serie	Wor(l)ds of Change: Latin American and Iberian Literature ; 21
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-8204-3005-6 / 0820430056
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-3005-8 / 9780820430058
Zustand	Neuware