Ursula (Brazilian Literature in Translation Series) - Softcover

Reis, Maria Firmina Dos

 
9781951470098: Ursula (Brazilian Literature in Translation Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1951470095 ISBN 13: 9781951470098
Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Written within the literary conventions of the Romantic movement and published decades before other Brazilian abolitionist novels, Úrsula (1859) offers a sensitive and nuanced portrayal of enslaved African and Afro-Brazilian characters. While readers follow the story of the plantation owner's daughter Úrsula, her doomed romance with Tancredo, and her uncle's diabolical schemes to entrap her in marriage, the novel's power lies in Reis's characterization of the enslaved Africans Tulio, Susana, and Antero. Shown in all their humanity as they narrate their personal histories and give voice to the abuse and injustices they have endured, these characters tell of the horrors of the Middle Passage, the daily indignities they face, and the brutality of their masters.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

MARIA FIRMINA DOS REIS (1822―1917) was a Brazilian woman of mixed race, an educator, abolitionist, composer, poet, and fiction writer. Despite collaborating regularly with local newspapers, Reis was mostly forgotten until the late 1970s. Today her work has reclaimed wide critical attention, and she is considered a pioneer of Afro-Brazilian literature. CRISTINA FERREIRA PINTO-BAILEY, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, is a writer, scholar, translator, and visiting associate professor at Washington and Lee University. She is author of Gender, Discourse, and Desire in Twentieth-Century Brazilian Women's Literature.

„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Verlag
University of Massachusetts Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1951470095
ISBN 13 
9781951470098
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
144
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Nicht verfügbar
Verantwortliche Person
Nicht verfügbar