Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 235 g
Reihe: Library of Latin America
Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 235 g
Reihe: Library of Latin America
ISBN: 978-0-19-511548-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press
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.
