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Year:: 1996
Contributor:: Motta, Carol R. (author)
Genre:: articles
Subject:: Brazilian fiction > 19th century; Irony; Irony in literature; Machado de Assis > 1839-1908; James, Henry > 1843-1916; First person narrative; Fiction > 19th century
Extent:: pp. 31-56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/mdp5-ne50

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Abstract:: The ironic vision of Machado de Assis and Henry James is both an aesthetic phenomenon and a stylistic instrument. Two novels writen in 1880 use irony to express the disillusionment and alienation of the societies they portray. While Machado, embedded in caricature, reveals a revolutionary spirit, Henry James encounters confusion. Side by side, but without a common influence or reception, 'The Portrait of a Lady' and 'Epitaph of a Small Winner' prove the thesis that irony is both the instrument and the vision of the Gentile world of the turn of the century.; A visão irônica de Machado de Assis e de Henry James é tanto um fenômeno estético como um instrumento estilístico. Dois romances de 1880 usam a ironia para exprimir a desilusão e alienação da sociedade que cada um retrata. Enquanto Machado, vestido na caricatura , revela um espírito revolucionário, Henry James vê confusão. Postos lado a lado , porém sem compartilhar nem influência, nem recepção, ‘Retrato de uma Senhora’ e ‘Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas’ provam a tese de que a ironia é tanto o instrumento como a visão do mundo do gentio da virada do século.

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Motta, Carol R., "The ironic view in Henry James's ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ and in Machado de Assis's ‘Epitaph of a Small Winner’" (1996). BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/mdp5-ne50

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BRASIL/BRAZIL Vol. 9, no. 16

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BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature

BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature (ISSN: 2526-4885), founded in 1988, publishes scholarly articles on Brazilian literature and in Comparative Literature with a focus on Brazilian literature, as well as book reviews, interviews with writers, English-language translations of Brazilian literature …

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The ironic view in Henry James's ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ and in Machado de Assis's ‘Epitaph of a Small Winner’