Seven faces : Brazilian poetry since modernism / Charles A. Perrone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perrone, Charles A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazilian poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Brazilian poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Study of Brazilian poetry from 1950-90 examines its 'seven faces' (a pun on Drummond's poem of the same name), phases, and trends. Introductory chapter reviews movement's initial phases and sets the stage for what follows: the legacy of the Modernist movement. Chapters 2-6 cover Concrete poetry and other vanguard groups, the lyricism of popular music, and different types of 1970s youth poetry. Also examines social and esthetic tensions in contemporary Brazilian poetry"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Contents:

Preface: Facets, Phases, Titles, Trends: Brazilian Lyric 1950-1990

1. Leaders and Legacies: From Modernismo to Reactions and the Contemporary

2. The Imperative of Invention: Concrete Poetry and the Poetic Vanguards

3. The Social Imperative: Violao de rua and the Politics of Poetry in the 1960s

4. The Orphic Imperative: Lyric, Lyrics, and the Poetry of Song

5. Margins and Marginals: New Brazilian Poetry of the 1970s

6. Pagings and Postings: Historical Imperatives of the Late Century

Postface: Coverage and Countenance.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-227) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822318149

0822318148

9780822398011

082239801X

OCLC:

893682485