The Modern Language Review · 1984 · 82 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesEthnic StudiesLiteratureAmerican LiteraturePoetryPostcolonial LiteratureAfro-latin American StudiesAfro-latinx LiteratureCaribbean LiteratureLatinx StudiesPostcolonial PoeticsBrazilian Black LiteratureEscapePoetics Of RaceRace In PoetryRacial Identity CentralityRacial Identity CommitmentRacial Identity Exploration
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. From Indians to Indianism 2. The songs of an exile: Antonio Goncalves Dias 3. The novelist as matchmaker: Jose de Alencar 4. The poet as slave: Antonio de Castro Alves 5. A journey through the escape hatch: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis 6. The black swan: Joao da Cruz e Sousa 7. From despair to Modernism 8. The harlequin: Mario de Andrade Conclusion: the Edenic metaphor Notes Selected bibliography Index.