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Loading... Iracema (1865)by José Alencar
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. O romance conta o amor de um branco, Martim Soares Moreno, pela índia Iracema, a "virgem dos lábios de mel". Entre guerras e conflitos, ciúmes e disputa de poder, a história desse amor proibido tem como pano de fundo a cultura indígena e a miscigenação do branco com o índio no Brasil no reviews | add a review
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 nineteenth-century romanticism, Iracema strongly contributed to a Brazilian sense of nationhood--contemp No library descriptions found. |
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