Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture (Critical Studies in Latin American and Iberian Culture)

by JohnGledson (Translator), RobertoSchwarz (Author)

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  1992

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  Misplaced Ideas spans the 19th and 20th centuries, and examines the life and work of Brazil's most influential novelist, Machado de Assis, as well as Brazilian film, poetry, theatre and music. Among the recurrent themes are the dangers of nationalism, and the notion of Third World literature.