Abstract

NATALI, Marcos P. A SECOND ESMÉRIA: OF LOVE OF LITERATURE (AND OF THE SLAVE). Lit. teor. hist. crit. [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.1, pp.193-216. ISSN 0123-5931.  https://doi.org/10.15446/lthc.v16n1.44331.

The article analyzes public reactions in Brazil to the recent denunciation of racism in Monteiro Lobato's popular children's novels. Through a reading of the texts published during the controversy, the article aims at a better understanding of possible residues of slavery in contemporary Brazilian society.

Keywords : Monteiro Lobato; racism; slavery; Brazilian literature; children's literature.

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