1 Initial Observations -- 2 A Formal Principle -- 3 The Practical Matrix -- 4 Some Implications of the Prose -- 5 The Social Aspect of the Narrator and the Plot -- 6 The Fate of the Poor -- 7 The Rich on Their Own -- 8 The Role of Ideas -- 9 Questions of Form -- 10 Literary Accumulation in a Peripheral Country
Summary
A translation of Schwarz's study of the work of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839-1908)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index