Contributors Translator Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Eduardo F. Coutinho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 2. Baroque Voices in the Primordial Voices of Brazilian Literature: Anchieta, Vieira and Gregorio Dalma Nascimento 3. Light and Shadow: From Enlightenment to Neoclassicism in Brazil Gustavo Bernardo Krause 4. Indigenism and the Search for Brazilian Identity: European Influences and National Roots Roberto Acizelo de Souza (State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 5. The Multi-faceted Works of Machado de Assis Jose Luis Jobim (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil) 6. Naturalism in Brazil and its European Connections Ligia Vassallo (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 7. Brazilian Modernism and the Modern Art Week: The Influence of the European Twentieth Century Vanguards Lucia Helena 8. The Dialogue Between Brazilian and World Poetry in the Twentieth Century Jorge Fernandes da Silveira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 9. Jorge Amado: The International Projection of the Brazilian Writer Marca Rios da Silva 10. Regionalism vs. World Literature in Joao Guimaraes Rosa Eduardo F. Coutinho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 11. Crossing Borders: Clarice Lispector and the Scene of Transnational Feminist Criticism Rita Terezinha Schmidt (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) 12. The Brazilian Theater in the World: From Modern Dramaturgy to the Contemporary Post-Dramatic Scene Beatriz Resende (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 13. Post-Modern Brazilian Literature on the World Stage Luiza Lobo (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 14. Comparative Literature and Supranational Community Relations: The Administration of Difference, the Ways of Articulation, and the Hegemonies of Cultural Flows Benjamin Abdala Jr. (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) Index