{"product_id":"short-stories-knowledge-and-the-amndio-reis-9783031066832","title":"Short Stories, Knowledge and the Supernatural: Machado de Assis, Henry James and Guy de Maupassant","description":"This book proposes a comparative approach to the supernatural short stories of Machado de Assis, Henry James and Guy de Maupassant. It offers an alternative to predominantly novel-centric and Anglo-centric perspectives on literary pre-modernism by investigating a transnational and multilingual connection between genre, theme and theory, i.e., between the modern short story, the supernatural and the problem of knowledge. Incorporating a close analysis of the literary texts into a discussion of their historical context, the book argues that Machado, James and Maupassant explore and reinvent the supernatural short story as a metafictional genre. This modernized and innovative form allows them to challenge the dichotomies and conventions of realist and supernatural fiction, inviting their past and present readers to question common assumptions on reality and literary representation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Am穗dio Reis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031066839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031066832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.55d","brand":"Am穗dio Reis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45476965023999,"sku":"9783031066832","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a555bca-8ab5-4ea8-8203-7017421c6810.jpg?v=1715918673","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/short-stories-knowledge-and-the-amndio-reis-9783031066832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}