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      The Black Butterfly: Brazilian Slavery and the Literary Imagination

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      Focuses on the slavery writings of three of Brazil's literary giants - Machado de Assis, Castro Alves, and Euclides da Cunha. Wood finds that all three writers responded to the memory of slavery in ways that departed from their counterparts in Europe and North America, where emancipation has typical...

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      Product ID:9781949199024
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:US
      Title:The Black Butterfly
      Subtitle:Brazilian Slavery and the Literary Imagination
      Authors:Author: Marcus Wood
      Page Count:360
      Subjects:Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 , Slavery and abolition of slavery, Ethnic studies, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian studies, Brazil, Portuguese
      Description:Focuses on the slavery writings of three of Brazil's literary giants - Machado de Assis, Castro Alves, and Euclides da Cunha. Wood finds that all three writers responded to the memory of slavery in ways that departed from their counterparts in Europe and North America, where emancipation has typically been depicted as a moment of closure.
      Imprint Name:West Virginia University Press
      Publisher Name:West Virginia University Press
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2019-10-30