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Article: Brazilian literature
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Brazilian literature the writings of both the European explorers of Brazil and its later inhabitants.
The Colonial Period
Upon the discovery of Brazil, the Portuguese began to describe the wonders of the new land. Brazilian literature began with the letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha announcing the discovery to the king of Portugal. That descriptive trend was continued in the 16th and 17th cent. in the works of European missionaries. José de
Anchieta
wrote in Portuguese about Brazil and is considered the father of Brazilian literature. The dualism of European tradition and New World feeling continued. Many consider the 17th-century Jesuit priest Antônio
Vieira
(brought to ...
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