Collection of Brazilian literatura de cordel

2014 acquisitions

• Author(s): Eunice Albuquerque, Antônio de Araújo (Campinense), Daudeth Bandeira, Zé Barbosa, Abraão Batista, Medeiros Braga, João Firmino Cabral, Abdias Campos, Isael de Carvalho, Dalinha Catunda, Antonio Ribeiro da Conceição, Pedro Costa, Janduhi Dantas, José de Sousa Dantas, Ronaldo Doria Dantas, Vicente Campos Filho, Jose Franklin, Victor Alvim Itahim Garcia, Gonzaga Vieira, Almir Gusmão, Josenir A. Lacerda, José Costa Leite, João Peron de Lima, João Simões Lopes Neto, João Batista Melo, Francisco Luiz Mendes, Otávio Menezes, Lúcia Motta, José Maria da Silva Mourão, Baltazar Nogueira, Rafael A. C. Oliveira, José Gomes Pinto, João Alderney Pires, Dideus Sales, Chico Salles, Gonçalo Ferreira da Silva, Olegario Fernandes da Silva, Ismar Siqueira, Paulo de Tarso, Davi Teixeira, João Trindade, Arievaldo Viana,
•    2010
• Pages: 0
• Language: pt

Description:... Literatura de cordel is a genre of folk literature popular in the northeastern region of Brazil. From The Cambridge history of Latin American literature: " ... there is a large and vibrant printed literature known as literatura de cordel (the name refers to the cord on which the little booklets were customarily suspended for display.)" Popular topics include "a wide array of journalistic accounts, religious fables, comic escapades, and love and adventure stories which might feature regional figures such as the northeastern bandits known as cangaceiros." (Candace Slater, The Cambridge history of Latin American literature, 1996, pp. 315-316.).