Iracema

Jose De Alencar author Clifford E Landers translator Naomi Lindstrom editor Alcides Villaca editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

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Jose de Alencar's prose-poem Iracema, first published in 1865, is a classic of Brazilian literature--perhaps the most widely-known piece of fiction within Brazil, and the most widely-read of Alencar's many works. Set in the sixteenth century, it is an extremely romantic portrayal of a doomed love between a Portuguese soldier and an Indian maiden. Iracema reflects the gingerly way that mid-nineteenth cenury Brazil dealt with race mixture and multicultural experience. Precisely because of its nineteenth-century romanticism, Iracema strongly contributed to a Brazilian sense of nationhood - contemporary Brazilian writers and literary critics still cite it as a foundation for their own work.

"Another historically and culturally significant addition to the Library of Latin America series."--Booklist

ISBN: 9780195115482

Dimensions: 141mm x 210mm x 15mm

Weight: 222g

176 pages