The transatlantic circulation of novels between Europe and Brazil, 1789-1914

The transatlantic circulation of novels between Europe and Brazil, 1789-1914

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 take...

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Main Author: Abreu, Márcia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2020
Subjects:
Books and reading > Brazil > History ; Books and reading > Europe > History
028.90981 TRA 2017
Online Access:http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/90060
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spelling oai:112.137.131.14:VNU_123-900602020-10-14T02:52:32Z The transatlantic circulation of novels between Europe and Brazil, 1789-1914 Abreu, Márcia Books and reading -- Brazil -- History ; Books and reading -- Europe -- History 028.90981 TRA 2017 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. 2020-08-26T03:58:08Z 2020-08-26T03:58:08Z 2017 Book 9783319468372 http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/90060 en © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 297 p. application/pdf Palgrave Macmillan
institution Vietnam National University, Hanoi
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topic Books and reading -- Brazil -- History ; Books and reading -- Europe -- History
028.90981 TRA 2017
spellingShingle Books and reading -- Brazil -- History ; Books and reading -- Europe -- History
028.90981 TRA 2017
Abreu, Márcia
The transatlantic circulation of novels between Europe and Brazil, 1789-1914
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.
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