Alencar, José De
Related Category: Spanish and Portuguese Literature: Biographies
(älāNngkâr´), 1829–77, Brazilian jurist and author. Alencar was one of the founders of modern Brazilian literature. His historical novels (
O Guarani, 1857;
Iracema, 1865, tr. 1886) offer idealized portraits of Brazil's native cultures. In his later work (
Senhora, 1875;
O Sertanejo, 1875) he examined middle-class and regional life.
