Ginzburg, Jaime. Literatura, violência e melancolia. Campinas: Editora Autores Associados, 2013.

Abstract

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.