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The Butterfly Man: Machado de Assis, Charles Lamb, and British periodical essays
16 November 2022, 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
This talk aims to examine the butterfly man persona who roves from topic to topic with seeming inattention but concealed choice, in Machado de Assis’ series of chronicles “The Week”, in Charles Lamb’s Essays of Elia, and in previous British periodical essayists.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Daniel Lago Monteiro
Location
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IAS ForumG17 Ground Floor, South Wing, UCLLondonWC1E 6BT
The comparison of the periodical writer to a small flying animal has a long history in essay writing and was acknowledged by Machado in his mature years, at a time when he fully mastered the genre of chronicle and had acquired a far-reaching knowledge of British periodical literature. Therefore, in this presentation, the butterfly man would stand for a mode of thinking and writing about the ephemerides of everyday life in both London and Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century and beyond.
With Daniel Lago Monteiro (UCL), Dr Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva (UCL) and Dr Vinicius Cherobino (Oxford University).