Rebellion in the Backlands: Landscape with Figures

Authors

  • Walnice Nogueira Galvão University of São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v12i0.3575

Abstract

Brazil’s historical situation in the period immediately preceding the writing of Os Sertões informs the very conception of the book. The Republic was proclaimed in 1889, one year after the abolition of slavery, and the early years of republican period were marked by a number of more or less serious and protracted insurrections, as well as small local uprisings. It took some time for the new regime to consolidate and begin to function properly. The Canudos War, which took place in the hinterland of Bahia in 1896-1897, is just one among the various revolts that punctuated the period of transition. Os Sertões is a chronicle of this historical event, to which the author was an eyewitness.

Author Biography

  • Walnice Nogueira Galvão, University of São Paulo
    Walnice Nogueira Galvão is Professor of Literary Theory and Comparative Literatures at the University of São Paulo. She has published 32 books,12 of which are on Euclides da Cunha and the War of Canudos. In 2008, she was awarded a prize by the National Library for Mínima mímica – Ensaios sobre Guimarães Rosa (2008) and in 2010, a prize by the Brazilian Academy of Letters for Euclidiana – Ensaios sobre Euclides da Cunha (2009). Other titles include A forma do falso (1986), A donzelaguerreira (1997), Desconversa (1998), Le carnaval de Rio (2000) and O tapete afegão (2006).

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Published

2010-11-17

Issue

Vol. 12 (2010): ABEI Journal 12

Section

Voices from Brazil

How to Cite

Galvão, W. N. (2010). Rebellion in the Backlands: Landscape with Figures. ABEI Journal, 12, 91-97. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v12i0.3575