Renata Wasserman and Inter-Americanism

• Fitz, Earl E. ^[1]
  1. [1] Vanderbilt University

     Vanderbilt University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Ilha do desterro: a journal of language and literature = revista de língua e literatura, ISSN 0101-4846, ISSN-e 2175-8026, Vol. 75, Nº. 2, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Approaches to Comparative Literature and Inter-American dialogues: a tribute to Renata R. Mautner Wasserman)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This essay considers Prof. Wasserman as a practitioner of the field known, variously, as inter-American literary study, hemispheric literature, and the literature of the Americas. It also argues that she is a leader in this field because of her discerning critical observations but also because she proves the singular importance of Brazilian letters in this comparatively American perspective. My study especially celebrates her work on two Brazilian authors: José de Alencar and Mário de Andrade. Wasserman makes clear how these two writers make major contributions to our better understanding of nineteenth and twentieth-century literature in the Americas.