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Sentimental Commerce and Moral Accountancy in "Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas"
Published 2016-09-20
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Abstract
Abstract: This essay studies the metaphors, comparisons, images, reflections, and situations linked to the domain of money and economy in the fiction of Machado de Assis. It reveals the impact of such economic metaphors and imagery on sentiments and ethics, especially in The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, demonstrating how the logic of economics is incorporated into the moral and affective spheres, even on the level of stylistics.