Contributions

  • Guyer, Leland, translator - Contributor

Publication

2015 - New Directions Publishing Corporation, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

19,750 words, Guess

Page Count

79 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780811223959
  • Open LibraryOL27205051M

Classifications

  • DDC869.1/42
  • LCCPQ9698.17.U53 P613 2015
  • LCCPQ9698.17.U53P613

Description

"Dirty Poem was written in 1975 in Buenos Aires when Ferreira Gullar was in political exile from the Brazilian dictatorship. An epic work, it draws on the poet’s memories of his seaside adolescence during World War II and deals openly with the “dirty” shamefulness of a socioeconomic system that abuses its citizens with poverty, sexism, greed, and fear. The scholar Otto Maria Carpeaux wrote: “Dirty Poem deserves to be called ‘National Poem’ because it embodies all of the experiences, victories, defeats, and hopes in the life of the Brazilian citizen."--Publisher's website (viewed 12/13/2016).

Subjects

Series Statement

  • New Directions poetry pamphlet -- #18
  • New Directions poetry pamphlets -- 18.

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