Seven faces
Subtitle: Brazilian poetry since modernism
By: Charles A. Perrone.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Brazilian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-227) and index.