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- Machado de Assis, the Brazilian Pyrrhonian
- Book
- 1994
- Published by: Purdue University Press
- Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
summary
Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is Brazil's greatest writer and the most important Latin American writer of the nineteenth century. His subtle criticism of cherished institutions is evident to all readers, and critics have often mentioned his skepticism. In Machado de Assis, the Brazilian Pyrrhonian, however, a philosopher seriously examines Machado's philosophical position for the first time. Jose' Raimundo Maia Neto traces Machado's particular brand of skepticism to that of the ancient philosopher Pyrrho of Elis and reveals the sources through which he inherited that line of thought. He then shows how Machado's own philosophical development follows the stages proposed by Pyrrho for the development of a skeptical worldview.
Table of Contents
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- List of Abbreviations
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-17
- Part 1 Machado's First Phase (1861 to 1878)
- Part 2 Machado's Second Phase (1879 to 1908)
- Chapter Five: Epitaph of a Small Winner
- pp. 79-123
- Chapter Six: Dom Casmurro
- pp. 125-157
- Appendix: English Translations
- pp. 191-211
- Works Cited
- pp. 221-224
Additional Information
ISBN
9781612490946
Related ISBN(s)
9781557530516
MARC Record
OCLC
622216172
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No