Third World Literary Fortunes
Author | : Piers Armstrong |
Publisher | : Bucknell University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 083875404X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780838754047 |
Rating | : 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Download or read book Third World Literary Fortunes written by Piers Armstrong and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where was Brazil in the so-called "Latin American" literary Boom? Third World Literary Fortunes posits a response contrasting the figures of Jorge Amado, "vulgar" but uniquely successful in capturing Brazilian popular energies in literature, and Joao Guimaraes Rosa, "Brazil's Joyce."