| The Transatlantic Circulation of Novels Between Europe and Brazil, 1789-1914 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Abreu, Márcia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319468367 ISBN-13: 9783319468365 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 002 |
| Series: New Directions in Book History |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.14 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 be fully perceived by looking only to the texts, ignoring their material existence and their place in social and economical practices. |