Tag: Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo

  • The Slum [O Cortiço] Oxford University Press March 2000 (First published in 1890) 240 pages Paperback ISBN 13: 9780195121872; ISBN 10: 0195121872 Aluísio Azevedo Edited and Translated by David H. Rosenthal Features an informative introduction by translator David H. Rosenthal First published in 1890, and undoubtedly Azevedo’s masterpiece, The Slum is one of the most…

  • (Miscege)nación en O Cortiço Trans: Revue de Littérature Générale et Comparée Issue 5 (2008) 10 pages (24 paragraphs) Brian L. Price, Assistant Professor of Spanish Wake Forest University Written a year after the proclamation of Brazilian independence, O Cortiço by Aluisio Azevedo depicts the demographic composition of the country with a naturalistic sense of detail…