Description
Book SynopsisAuthor has been a pioneer in the development of concepts crucial to the discourse of contemporary critical and cultural theory, especially postcolonial theory. This book translates into English many of his seminal essays and, in the process, introduces the thought of one of Brazil's critics and theorists of the late twentieth century.
Trade Review“These essays constitute a refreshing approach to cultural and literary studies by the most courageous and forward-thinking critic in Brazil. Silviano Santiago’s breadth of knowledge and critical acumen stem from the erudition and perspicacity of a highly intelligent mind.”—Nelson H. Vieira, Brown University
“This collection of essays by Silviano Santiago makes a superlative contribution to Brazilian studies, both literary and cultural. Culled from approximately thirty years of production, the superior selection covers the development of Santiago’s wide-ranging critical thought.”—Leslie Damasceno, Duke University
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Silviano Santiago, a Voice In-Between / Ana Lúcia Gazzola and Wander Melo Miranda
1. Why and For What Purpose Does the European Travel?
2. Latin American Discourse: The Space In-Between
3. Eça, Author of
Madame Bovary 4. Universality in Spite of Dependency
5. The Rhetoric of Verisimilitude
6. Worth Its Weight: Brazilian Modernist Fiction
7. The Permanence of the Discourse of Tradition in Modernism
