PART ONE

AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF BRAZILIAN LITERATURE

I INTRODUCTORY--THE MILIEU AND THE RACIAL BLEND--PORTUGUESE TRADITION, AFRICAN AND NATIVE CONTRIBUTION--LINGUISTIC MODIFICATION--NATIONALISM AND LITERATURE--PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE--PHASES OF BRAZILIAN LITERATURE 3

II PERIOD OF FORMATION (1500-1750) 28

III AUTONOMOUS DEVELOPMENT (1750-1830) 53

IV ROMANTIC TRANSFORMATION (1830-1870) 72

V CRITICAL, NATURALIST REACTION, (1870-1900) PARNASSIANS, SYMBOLISTS, ETC. 102