The eighteenth century / / edited by Bruno Carvalho

• Pubblicazione: Dartmouth, Massachusetts : , : Tagus Press, Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Eighteenth century; Enlightenment - Portuguese-speaking countries; Portuguese literature - History and criticism; Enlightenment; Portuguese literature; Civilization; Intellectual life
• Soggetto geografico: Portuguese-speaking countries Civilization Eighteenth century; Portuguese-speaking countries Intellectual life Eighteenth century; Portuguese-speaking countries
• ISSN: 2573-1432
• Persona (resp. second.): CarvalhoBruno; PereiraMário
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: The eighteenth century. ; Introduction : Partial enlightenments : precedents & possibilities for the 18th century in Luso-Brazilian studies / Bruno Carvalho -- Bosque nos trópicos : natureza e sociabilidade no Rio de Janeiro setecentista / Claudete Daflon -- Homens da boa pena e os manuscritos iluminados na Capitania de Minas Gerais no século XVIII / Márcia Almada -- Discourse and disaster : a universal history of Lisbon's 1755 earthquake / Estela Vieira -- Estrangeirados, iluminismo, enlightenment : uma revisitação de conceitos no contexto português / Onésimo T. Almeida -- Aleijadinho, the "Baroque hero," and Brazilian national identity / Guiomar de Grammont -- ; Essays. Traições de Adolfo Caminha : bom Crioulo e a "crioulização" do naturalismo / David J. Bailey -- Tapia
• Sommario/riassunto: "Challenging notions of the Portuguese-speaking world as merely “backwards” or obscurantist during the eighteenth century, this issue explores how the circulation of Enlightenment-era discourses engendered creative appropriations, and unsettling compromises between divergent worldviews. The issue showcases the vibrant and diverse scholarship on the period in Portuguese and Brazilian literary and cultural studies, placing the Lusophone world in transatlantic and hemispheric contexts, while shedding light on several of its specific dimensions" -- Publisher's description.
• Titolo autorizzato: Eighteenth Century
• ISBN: 9781933227788; 9781933227771
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910273492803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Portuguese literary and cultural studies, . 2573-1432 ; ; 29.