Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture
by Roberto Schwarz
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 086091576X
- ISBN 13
- 9780860915768
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
5 Copies Available from This Seller
(You can add more at checkout.)
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paperback / softback. New. "Misplaced Ideas" spans the 19th and 20th centuries, and examines the life and work of Brazil's most influential novelist, Machado de Assis, as well as Brazilian film, poetry, theatre and music. Among the recurrent themes are the dangers of nationalism, and the notion of "Third World" literature.
Synopsis
Roberto Schwarz , born in Vienna in 1938, grew up in São Paulo, studying there and later in the United States and France. His books in English include Two Girls , Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture and A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism , the central component of his study of Machado.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Saint Bookstore (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B9780860915768
- Title
- Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture
- Author
- Roberto Schwarz
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 086091576X
- ISBN 13
- 9780860915768
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1992-09-17
Terms of Sale
The Saint Bookstore
Refunds or Returns: A full refund of the price paid will be given if returned within 30 days in undamaged condition. If the product is faulty, we may send a replacement.
About the Seller
The Saint Bookstore
Biblio member since 2018
Southport, Merseyside
About The Saint Bookstore
The Saint Bookstore specialises in hard to find titles & also offers delivery worldwide for reasonable rates.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...