Description |
1 online resource (301 pages) |
Contents |
880-01 1. Introduction : designing nations -- 2. First accounts : the building blocks -- 3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the discourse of the exotic -- 4. Love in exotic places : Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Paul et Virginie -- 5. Chateaubriand's Atala and the ready-made exotic -- 6. James Fenimore Cooper and the image of America -- 7. Nationality and the 'Indian' novels of José de Alencar -- 8. Nationality redefined, or lazy Macunaima -- 9. Conclusion : exoticism as strategy |
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880-01/(Q 1 Introduction: Designing Nations; 2 First Accounts: The Building Blocks; 3 Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Discourse of the Exotic; 4 Love in Exotic Places: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's; 5 Chateaubriand's Atala and the Ready-Made Exotic; 6 James Fenimore Cooper and the Image of America; 7 Nationality and the ""Indian"" Novels of José de Alencar; 8 Nationality Redefined, or Lazy MacunaA⁺ё℗Ưma; 9 Conclusion: Exoticism as Strategy |
Summary |
In this highly original and critically informed book, Renata R. Mautner Wasserman looks at how, during the first decades following political independence, writers in the United States and Brazil assimilated and subverted European images of an "exotic" New World to create new literatures that asserted cultural independence and defined national identity. Exotic Nations demonstrates that the language of exoticism thus became part of the New World's interpretation of its own history and natural environment |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-280) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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Comparative literature -- American and Brazilian
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, Brazilian, in literature.
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Comparative literature -- Brazilian and American
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Literature and society -- United States -- History
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Brazilian literature -- History and criticism
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Literature and society -- Brazil -- History
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American literature -- Brazilian influences
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Exoticism in literature.
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Indians in literature.
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Brazilians in literature.
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Brazilians in literature
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American literature
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American literature -- Brazilian influences
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Brazilian literature
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Exoticism in literature
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Indians in literature
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Literature and society
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National characteristics, American, in literature
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National characteristics, Brazilian, in literature
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Brazil
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
94020368 |
ISBN |
9781501726057 |
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1501726056 |
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