On Emerging from Hyper-Nation : Saramago's ""Historical"" Trilogy.

On Emerging from Hyper-Nation : Saramago's ""Historical"" Trilogy.

This book presents a critical analysis of Portuguese Nobel Laureate José Saramago's three novels, Baltasar and Blimunda (1982), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984), and The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989).

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sousa, Ronald W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ashland : Purdue University Press, 2015.
Series:Purdue studies in Romance literatures.
Subjects:
Saramago, José > Criticism and interpretation.
Saramago, José
Historical fiction, Portuguese > History and criticism.
Literature and history.
Discourse analysis.
Discourse analysis
Historical fiction, Portuguese
Literature and history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: What's in a Smile; Chapter One: Portuguese Fascism and Literary Institutionality; Chapter Two: Baltasar and Blimunda: The Readership Pact and the Release of Pleasure; Chapter Three: Reading the Labyrinth: Text as Obstacle in The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Chapter Four: Mastering the Culture's Tool Kit, or "Is the City Still Taken?": The History of the Siege of Lisbon's Self-Invited Reader; Conclusion: What Has the Smile Brought with It?; Notes; Works Cited and Consulted; Index.

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