The first book-length edited collection on Machado de Assis, this volume offers essays on Machado de Assis'' work that offer new critical perspectives not only Brazilian literature and history, but also to social, cultural, and political phenomena that continue to have global repercussions.

The first book-length edited collection on Machado de Assis, this volume offers essays on Machado de Assis'' work that offer new critical perspectives not only Brazilian literature and history, but also to social, cultural, and political phenomena that continue to have global repercussions.