Iracema: a novel

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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 nin…

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Title Statements

Full title :Iracema : a novel / by José de Alencar ; translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers ; with a foreword by Naomi Lindstrom ; and an afterword by Alcides Villaça.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2000.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2000.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 148 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199761685, 019976168X
oclc:ocn776600395
LC Classification:PQ9697.A53
Dewey Decimal:869.3

Cover; Contents; Series Editors' General Introduction; Foreword; Translator's Note; Iracema; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; XVI; XVII; XVIII; XIX; XX; XXI; XXII; XXIII; XXIV; XXV; XXVI; XXVII; XXVIII; XXIX; XXX; XXXI; XXXII; XXXIII; Notes; Letter; Afterword

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Brazil Brazil -- Fiction. -- Social life and c… Brésil -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. -- Mœ… Fiction FICTION -- General Indians of South America Indians of South America -- Fiction. --… Indiens d'Amérique -- Romans, nouvelles… Manners and customs Race relations Race relations -- Fiction Relations raciales -- Romans, nouvelles… Tupi (Indiens) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Tupi Indians Tupi Indians -- Fiction