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UNINA9910973465303321 |
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Autore |
Moser Robert Henry |
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Titolo |
The carnivalesque defunto : death and the dead in modern Brazilian literature / / Robert H. Moser |
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Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2008 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ohio University Research in International Studies. Latin America series ; ; no. 46 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Brazilian literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Death in literature |
Dead in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-314) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Death Is a festa : the historical development of a spirit idiom in Brazilian society -- Death and the dead as literary motifs in Brazil and beyond -- The carnivalesque defunto in Memorias postumas de Bras Cubas. -- Jorge Amado : imagining a good death -- Voices of the unburied dead. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work explores the phenomenon of death and the dead in Brazil's collective and literary imagination. It offers a comparative framework by juxtaposing the Brazilian literary ghost with other Latin American, Caribbean, and North American examples. |
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