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Exotic nations: literature and cultural identity in the United States and Brazil, 1830-1930

By Wasserman , Renata Ruth Mautner

Book information

Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN
9780801428777, 9780801482052, 0801428777, 0801482054, 9781501726057, 1501726056, 9781501726064, 1501726064
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2003247 bytes)
Pages
288 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
AmericanAmerican literature;American literature--BrazilianBrazin literature;National characteristics

Description

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 Jose de Alencar -- 8. Nationality Redefined, or Lazy Macunaima -- 9. Conclusion: Exoticism as Strategy.

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