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

Sousa, Ronald W.

On Emerging from Hyper-Nation : Saramago's ""Historical"" Trilogy. Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures - Ashland : Purdue University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (211 pages). - Purdue studies in romance literatures .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Copyright; 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; About the Book; About the Author.

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).



9781612493497


Saramago, Jose.--Criticism and interpretation.


Discourse analysis.
Literature and history.
Historical fiction, Portuguese--History and criticism.
Discourse analysis.
Historical fiction, Portuguese.
Literature and history.
Saramago, Jose..


Electronic Books.

PQ9281 / .O546 2015