Exotic Nations Literature and Cultural Identity in the United States and Brazil, 1830-1930 |
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| Author:
| Wasserman, Renata |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-2813-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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In this highly original and critically informed book, Renata R. Mautner Wasserman looks at how, during the first decades following political independence, writers in the United States and Brazil assimilated and subverted European images of an "exotic" New World to create new literatures that asserted cultural independence and defined national...
In this highly original and critically informed book, Renata R. Mautner Wasserman looks at how, during the first decades following political independence, writers in the United States and Brazil assimilated and subverted European images of an "exotic" New World to create new literatures that asserted cultural independence and defined national...