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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