Senhora: Profile of a Woman (Texas Pan American Series) - Hardcover

Alencar, Jos E Martiniano De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0292704496 ISBN 13: 9780292704497

Verlag: University of Texas Press, 1994

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Book by Alencar Jose Martiniano De

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It is a truth universally acknowledged . . . that a single woman in possession of a good character but no fortune must be in want of a wealthy husband--that is, if she is the heroine of a nineteenth-century novel. Senhora, by contrast, turns the tables on this familiar plot. Its strong-willed, independent heroine Aurelia uses newly inherited wealth to buy back and exact revenge on the fiance who had left her for a woman with a more enticing dowry. This exciting Brazilian novel, originally published in 1875 and here translated into English for the first time, raises many questions about traditional gender relationships, the commercial nature of marriage, and the institution of the dowry. While conventional marital roles triumph in the end, the novel still offers realistic insights into the social and economic structure of Rio de Janeiro in the mid-1800s. With its unexpected plot, it also opens important new perspectives on the nineteenth-century Romantic novel.

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• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0292704496
• ISBN 13: 9780292704497
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 198