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by
José de Alencar (Author),
Clifford E. Landers (Author),
Naomi Lindstrom (Editor)
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 live between a Portuguese soldier and an Indian maiden. Iracema reflects the gingerly way that mid-nineteenth century 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.
Number of Pages: 176Dimensions: 0.58 x 8.25 x 5.54 INPublication Date: March 16, 2000
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