Iracema (Library of Latin America)

By José de Alencar

Book Overview

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 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195115473
• ISBN13: 9780195115475
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.9" x 5.4"