{"product_id":"machado-de-assis-toward-a-poetics-of-emulation-9781611861815","title":"Machado de Assis: Toward a Poetics of Emulation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers an alternative explanation for one of the core dilemmas of Brazilian literary criticism: the “midlife crisis” Machado de Assis underwent from 1878 to 1880, the result of which was the writing of \u003ci\u003eThe Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the remarkable production of his mature years - with an emphasis on his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the centre of this alternative explanation, Castro Rocha situates the fallout from the success enjoyed by Eça de Queirós with the publication of \u003ci\u003eCousin Basílio\u003c\/i\u003e and Machado’s two long texts condemning the author and his work. Literary and aesthetic rivalries come to the fore, allowing for a new theoretical framework based on a literary appropriation of “thick description”, the method proposed by anthropologist Clifford Geertz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom this method, Castro Rocha derives his key hypothesis: an unforeseen consequence of Machado’s reaction to Eça’s novel was a return to the classical notion of \u003ci\u003eaemulatio\u003c\/i\u003e, which led Machado to develop a “poetics of emulation.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michigan State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041729184087,"sku":"9781611861815","price":19.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781611861815.jpg?v=1750951451","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/machado-de-assis-toward-a-poetics-of-emulation-9781611861815","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}