Open AccessGinzburg, Jaime. Literatura, violência e melancolia. Campinas: Editora Autores Associados, 2013.
Author(s) -
Leila Lehnen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of lusophone studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2469-4800
DOI - 10.21471/jls.v11i0.229
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , simple (philosophy) , psychoanalysis , history , art , art history , sociology , psychology , philosophy , computer science , epistemology , programming language
Literatura, violência e melancolia inquires whether literature can be effective in combating violence—defined as a material and historical human construct (8). The short, though not simple, answer is “yes.” Ginzburg’s most recent book thus proposes an activist vision of literature and, in more general terms, culture.