{"product_id":"a-master-on-the-periphery-roberto-schwarz-9780822322399","title":"A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism: Machado de Assis","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Master on the Periphery of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e is a translation (from the original Portuguese) of Roberto Schwarz's renowned study of the work of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839-1908). A leading Brazilian theorist and author of the highly influential notion of \"misplaced ideas,\" Schwarz focuses his literary and cultural analysis on Machado's \u003ci\u003eThe Posthumous Memoirs of Br疽 Cubas\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in 1880. Writing in the Marxist tradition, Schwarz investigates in particular how social structure gets internalized as literary form, arguing that Machado's style replicates and reveals the deeply embedded class divisions of nineteenth-century Brazil.\u003cbr\u003eWidely acknowledged as the most important novelist to have written in Latin America before 1940, Machado had a surprisingly modern style. Schwarz notes that the unprecedented wit, sarcasm, structural inventiveness, and mercurial changes of tone and subject matter found in \u003ci\u003eThe Posthumous Memoirs of Br疽 Cubas\u003c\/i\u003e marked a crucial moment in the history of Latin American literature. He argues that Machado's vanguard narrative reflects the Brazilian owner class and its peculiar status in both national and international contexts, and shows why this novel's success was no accident. The author was able to confront some of the most prestigious ideologies of the nineteenth century with some uncomfortable truths, not the least of which was that slavery remained the basis of the Brazilian economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Master on the Periphery of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to those with interests in Latin American literature, nineteenth century history, and Marxist literary theory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto Schwarz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822322390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822322399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 5.96w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/18\/2002 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2002 pg. 1777","brand":"Roberto Schwarz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059876294911,"sku":"9780822322399","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ff0d02b-836c-4872-8c7a-1a6844cf6d68.jpg?v=1685060832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-master-on-the-periphery-roberto-schwarz-9780822322399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}