The Master of the "Literatura de Cordel" Leandro Gomes de Barros: A Bilingual Anthology of Selected Works

By Mark J. Curran

"The Master of the 'Literatura de Cordel' - Leandro Gomes de Barros. A Bilingual Anthology of Selected Works" is Professor Curran's return to research and writing from his first days in Brazil in 1966-1967 on a Fulbright Hays Fellowship for Ph.D. dissertation work. This book treats "Cordel's" best known and arguably best poet, a translation to English of his selected works, and a commentary on his pioneering days of the "Literatura de Cordel." Among the poet's topics were the changing times, foreigners in Brazil, government-politics-and war, mothers-in-law, sugar cane rum, religion and satire, banditry, the oral poetic duel, and the long narrative poems from the European popular tradition. Curran in addition gives a synopsis of the "Literatura de Cordel" as it was in its heyday in his initial research in the 1960s. The translation was a challenge but also a great pleasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1698711298
• ISBN13: 9781698711294
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"