Introduction -- Women as characters in the nineteenth-century Brazilian novel: the national tradition out of which an internationalized Machado de Assis would emerge -- The early novels of Machado de Assis: 1872-1878 -- The later novels -- Conclusion
Summary
The female characterizations in Machado's novels are much more important to their author's narrative art and to his social vision than we have previously thought. This is the first book-length study in English to address this issue, and it will open up a new and very rich vein of Machadoan scholarship. <br />
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index
