PLCS 13/14 (2005)
Acts of Reading

Readings of Balzac in Twentieth-Century Brazil: The Case of Machado de Assis

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  • Gilberto Pinheiro Passos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/c6c3mc14

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Abstract

Abstract: Balzac, one of the most popular authors of the nineteenth century, developed themes (arrivism, the power of money) and a narrative mode (the reappearance of the same characters) that were relevant far beyond France. It is the contention of this essay that Machado de Assis was one of Balzac’s finest and most perceptive readers.

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