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Memoirs of a militia sergeant : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0199761671
- ISBN: 9780199761678
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxii, 184 pages)
remote - Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 184). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; Contents; Series Editors' General Introduction; Historical Context and Social Topography of Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant; Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant; Contents; Volume: I; I: Origins, Birth, and Baptism; II: Early Misfortunes; III: Farewell to Deviltry; IV: Fortune; V: Vidigal; VI: First Night Away from Home; VII: The Comadre; VIII: The Rare Animal Garden; IX: The Compadre's "I've Done Pretty Well"; X: Explanations; XI: Progress and Setback; XII: Starting School; XIII: Change in Life; XIV: Further Vengeance and Its Result; XV: Scandal; XVI: The Plan's Success; XVII: Dona Maria. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Language Note: | Translation of: Memôrias de um sargento de milícias. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Subject: | Brazil -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Picaresque literature. Electronic books. Picaresque literature. Electronic books. Fiction. Picaresque literature. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"Excellent translation of a Brazilian classic first published as a serial in 1852-53. Sousa captures the vivacity and wit of the original while effectively evoking mood and historical milieu of free lower classes of Rio de Janeiro in early-19th century. Outstanding accompanying essays"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. - Oxford University Press
Recognized as a turning point in Brazilian literature, this entertaining novel of urban manners follows the ne'er-do-well Leonardo through his various romantic liaisons and frequent scrapes with the law. First printed in weekly installments in 1852, and later published in two volumes in 1854-55, Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant comprises a series of humorous vignettes held together by the adventures and misfortunes of this young rogue--who matures from a handful of a toddler into a ruffian of a boy and an idler of a young man--and his father, also named Leonardo.
Manuel Ant�nio De Almeida tells a story in everyday language that is rich in detail of life on the streets and the modest circumstances of the free poor of Rio de Janeiro. Through satirical accounts of the escapades of characters who always seem close to the brink of some personal crisis or social misstep, yet who manage to pull through by hook or by crook, Almeida makes a subtle and incisive comment on Brazilian urban society and culture of the nineteenth century. Now available in a new and lively translation, Memoirs of a Military Sergeant occupies an important position in the satirical literature of Brazil and the world.
