{"product_id":"cinematograph-of-words-9780804729130","title":"Cinematograph of Words","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an extraordinarily imaginative attempt to analyze the relations between literature and technique in Brazil from the 1880''s to the 1920''s. The author suggests that in these relations we can see more clearly the shape of a period that is otherwise usually defined from a literary perspective as pre- or post- something or other, rather than in terms of its own characteristics. One such characteristic is the intense interaction with the new technologies then arising in Brazil, the beginning of the professionalization of writers, and a revision of the concept of literature, redefined as technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author''s chief concern is to determine what is \u003ci\u003edistinctive\u003c\/i\u003e about the literary production of the period. Rather than focusing on literature''s relations with visual art, with a rising social class, or with the sociopolitical divisions within the educated classes of Brazilian society, the author examines the \u003ci\u003ecrônica\u003c\/i\u003e (a kind of journalistic essay), poetry, and fic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a stimulating little book, full of subtle and nuanced argument and of suggestive insights. . . . This survey seems to me to be indispensable as an approach to Brazilian literature of the period.\"—\u003ci\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. In place of an epigraph  2. The hand and the machine  3. The traces of technology  4. Literary technique  5. Typing away  Notes  Bibliography  Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405514318167,"sku":"9780804729130","price":84.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804729130.jpg?v=1730492474","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cinematograph-of-words-9780804729130","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}