Description: Song of Exile by Joshua Alma Enslen Written in Portugal in 1843 by a homesick student longing for Brazil, Song of Exile has inspired thousands of parodies, pastiches, and new variations. Mapping the reoccurrences of the originals keywords and phrases over time, the book uncovers how the poem has been used by successive generations to write and rewrite the nations history. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Song of Exile: A Cultural History of Brazils Most Popular Poem, 1846–2018 is the first comprehensive study of the influence of Antônio Gonçalves Diass "Canção do exílio." Written in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1843 by a homesick student longing for Brazil, "Song of Exile" has inspired thousands of parodies and pastiches, and new variations continue to appear to this day. Every generation of Brazilian writers has adapted the poems Romantic verses to glorify the wonders of the nation or to criticize it via parody, exposing a litany of issues that have plagued the countrys progress over the years. Based on a core of five hundred texts painstakingly gathered over a five-year span, this book catalogs the networks of the poems reinvention as pastiche and parody in Brazilian print culture from nineteenth-century periodicals to new media. Mapping the reoccurrences of the originals keywords and phrases over time, the book uncovers how the poem has been used by successive generations to write and rewrite the nations history. This process of reinvention has guaranteed the permanency of "Song of Exile" in Brazilian culture, making it not only the nations most popular poem, but one of the most imitated in the world. Author Biography Joshua Alma Enslen is an associate professor of Portuguese at West Point, where he directs the Portuguese program. He holds a PhD in Romance languages from the University of Georgia and a postdoctoral certificate of studies from the Materialities of Literature program at the University of Coimbra. His visual literary studies on "Song of Exile," created in collaboration with the artist Alaina Enslen, have been featured in solo exhibitions at the University of Coimbras historic Museum of Science; at FOLIO 2016 in Óbidos, Portugal; and at the University of Lisbons Caleidoscópio. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsChapter One: "Minha terra tem palmeiras" : A Brief Introduction to Brazils Most Popular PoemChapter Two: "Adeus Coimbra inimiga": Precedents and ContextsChapter Three: "Onde canta o rouxinol": Early Portuguese ResponsesChapter Four: "Onde canta o periquito": The First Republic to the Vargas Era (1889–1945)Chapter Five: "Minha terra só tem tanques": The Military Regime (1964–1985)Chapter Six: "As sirenes que aqui apitam": Twenty-First-Century Songs of Exile (1999–2015)Chapter Seven: "Sou ali": Variations by Female Authors (1867–2015)Chapter Eight: "As aves que aqui twittam": Twitter, Instagram, and BeyondChapter Nine: The Word, the Database, and the AlgorithmAfterword: Literary Research as Data Art: An Experiment in Critical Reading (Manuel Portela)Appendix: Table of 500 TextsNotesWorks CitedIndex Review Text "In this compelling and carefully crafted study, Joshua Enslen chronicles the allure and cultural impact of Brazils most popular and imitated poem. Penned in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1843 by the Brazilian student Ant Details ISBN161249692X Author Joshua Alma Enslen Short Title Song of Exile Publisher Purdue University Press Series Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 161249692X ISBN-13 9781612496924 Format Paperback Subtitle A Cultural History of Brazils Most Popular Poem, 1846-2018 Series Number 84 Imprint Purdue University Press Country of Publication United States Place of Publication West Lafayette AU Release Date 2022-04-15 NZ Release Date 2022-04-15 UK Release Date 2022-04-15 Pages 232 Illustrations 5 illustrations Publication Date 2022-04-30 DEWEY 869.13 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2022-04-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158491147;
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