Brazil's Folk-Popular Poetry - A Literatura de Cordel: A Bilingual Anthology in English and Portuguese

by Mark J. Curran

Brazil's folk-popular poetry - "a literatura de cordel," - is perhaps the most important and vibrant variant of poetry of the masses in western culture. But not many people in the English-speaking world know much about it.

Written by one of the most educated scholars on the subject, Brazil's Folk-Popular Poetry - A Literatura De Cordel goes back to the craft's origins in Portugal in the 17th and 18th centuries and tells the story of how it developed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426924690
• ISBN13: 9781426924699
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"