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Seven faces : Brazilian poetry since modernism

Author: Charles A Perrone
Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Perrone, Charles A.
Seven faces.
Durham : Duke University Press, 1996
(OCoLC)604472566
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Charles A Perrone
ISBN: 0822318075 9780822318071 0822318148 9780822318149
OCLC Number: 34114754
Description: xvi, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Charles A. Perrone.

Abstract:

"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.

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