The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas PDF Machado De Assis

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Instead, they frequently deviate slightly from the original text. Some literary critics have suggested that these deviations were the result of the alleged fact that Machado de Assis quoted from memory, not always remembering correctly the passage he was citing. The same argument—lack of memory—was used to explain Erasmus’ misquotations in his Praise of Folly and Robert Burton’s in his Anatomy of Melancholy, two books that belong in the same tradition of jestful encyclopedic erudition as these Posthumous Memoirs.

It is not known whether Machado de Assis was acquainted with Burton’s book, but he certainly knew the Praise of Folly, since he makes Brás Cubas quote it in Chapter CXLIX, and since he even wrote a parody of it, his “Praise of Vanity.” Moreover, in one of his short stories Machado de Assis justified this practice of slightly misquoting, explaining the difference between literal quo

• Book Name: The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas pdf
• Author Name Machado De Assis
• Product Type pdf,epub Digital Book
• Added Year 1998

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