Anarchaeologies: Reading as Misreading by Erin Graff Zivin (review)

Abstract

us, is aimed at students and scholars “who may not read Portuguese, and who therefore cannot benefit from the extensive body of criticism that exists in that language” (11). Building bridges between the Anglophone reader and the vast and most often uncharted territory of the lit er a tures of peripheral countries like Brazil is a noble mission and a muchneeded initiative. Along with the translation of more works by Brazilian writers and scholars alike, books like Machado de Assis and Narrative Theory pave the way for the reception of literary works that, other wise, remain regrettably off the radar even among many in academia.