Carnivalesque Defunto : Death and the Dead in Modern Brazilian Literature.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
Intro -- The Carnivalesque Defunto -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Death Is a Festa -- Chapter 2 Death and the Dead as Literary Motifs in Brazil and Beyond -- Chapter 3 The Carnivalesque Defunto in Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas -- Chapter 4 Jorge Amado Imagining a Good Death -- Chapter 5 Voices of the Unburied Dead -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Brazilian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Death in literature. Dead in literature.