“How Many Poets Lost Forever, How Many Rhymes Fated into Oblivion of Humanity!”: Production and Circulation of Poetry in Rio de Janeiro in the Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century

This article elects the city of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as locus of observation. It analyzes the production and circulation of poetries composed by people with little or any formal education. Also, it analyzes possible uses and functions that the authors gave to their poetries.

History; Poetry; Rio De Janeiro