Dom Casmurro

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Dom Casmurro is a novel by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, translated from Portuguese by John Gledson, with a foreword by John Gledson and an afterword by João Adolfo Hansen. The edition belongs to the Library of Latin America series, which provides English translations of major nineteenth-century Latin American authors long overlooked abroad. The front matter outlines the series’ editorial mission and the historical-cultural context of Latin America’s nation-building period.

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CategoryStory & Novel

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Pages372

Reading Time9 h 33 min

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Series Editors’ Introduction

Dom Casmurro: A Foreword

DOM CASMURRO

Dom Casmurro, the Fruit and the Rind: An Afterword

Series Editors’ General Introduction

DOM CASMURRO LIBRARY OF LATIN AMERICA General Editor Jean Franco Series Editor for Brazil Richard Graham, with the assistance of Alfredo Bosi Editorial Board Antonio Cornejo Polar Tulio Halperín Donghi Iván Jaksić Naomi Lindstrom Eduardo Lozano Francine Masiello DOM CASMURRO ANovel by JOAQUIM MARIA MACHADO DE ASSIS Translated from the Portuguese by JOHN GLEDSON WITH A FOREWORD BY JOHN GLEDSON AND AN AFTERWORD BY JOĀO ADOLFO HANSEN Oxford University Press Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris São Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press First published by Oxford University Press, Inc., 1997 First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1998 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved, No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in. any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Machado de Assis, 1839–1908 [Dom Casmurro, English] Dom Casmurro / by joaquim Maria Machado de Assis; translated by John Gledson; with a preface by John Gledson and an afterword by Joāo Adolfb Hansen. [p. cm](p. cm). (Library of Latin America) ISBN-13 978-0-19-510309-0 (Pbk.) 1. Gledson, John, 1945– II. Tide. III. Series. PQ9697 .M8D613 1997 869.3—dc20 96–44126 Contents Series Editors’ Introduction Dom Casmurro: A Foreword JOHN GLEDSON DOM CASMURRO JOAQUIM MARIA MACHADO DE ASSIS Dom Casmurro, the Fruit and the Rind: An Afterword JOÃO ADOLFO HANSEN Series Editors’ General Introduction The Library of Latin America series makes available in translation major nineteenth-century authors whose work has been neglected in the Englishspeaking world. The titles for the translations from the Spanish and Portuguese were suggested by an editorial committee that included Jean Franco (general editor responsible for works in Spanish), Richard Graham (series editor responsible for works in Portuguese), Tulio Halperín Donghi (at the University of California, Berkeley), Iván Jaksić (at the University of Notre Dame), Naomi Lindstrom (at the University of Texas at Austin), Francine Masiello (at the University of California, Berkeley), and Eduardo Lozano of the Library at the University of Pittsburgh. The late Antonio Cornejo Polar, of the University of California, Berkeley, was also one of the founding members of the committee. The translations have been funded thanks to the generosity of the Lampadia Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. During the period of national formation between 1810 and into the early years of the twentieth century, the new nations of Latin America fashioned their identities, drew up constitutions, engaged in bitter struggles over territory, and debated questions of education, government, ethnicity, and culture. This was a unique period unlike the process of nation formation in Europe and one which should be more familiar than it is to students of comparative politics, history, and literature. The image of the nation was envisioned by the lettered classes—a minority in countries in which indigenous, mestizo, black, or mulatto peasants and slaves predominated—although there were also alternative nationalisms at the grassroots level. The cultural elite were well educated in European thought and letters, but as statesmen, journalists, poets, and academics, they confronted the problem of the racial and linguistic heterogeneity of the continent and the difficulties of integrating the population into a modern nation-state. Some of the writers whose works will be translated in the Library o

FAQs

Who translated Dom Casmurro for this edition?

John Gledson translated the novel from Portuguese. The edition also includes his foreword.

Which contributors are credited for the foreword and afterword?

John Gledson wrote the foreword, and João Adolfo Hansen wrote the afterword.

What is the purpose of the Library of Latin America series?

The series makes available English translations of major nineteenth-century authors whose work had been neglected in the English-speaking world, helping contextualize Latin America’s cultural and historical development.

Aug 25, 2026

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