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Literatura de cordel: Brazilian pamphlet
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Literatura de cordel: Brazilian pamphlet collection
Identifier/Call Number: M1383
Physical Description:
45 Linear Feet
(11 manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1950-2019
Abstract: The collection consists of pamphlets
from the Literatura de Cordel, or "Stories on a String" movement in northeastern Brazil,
spanning from the 1960s to present day.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.
Language of Material:
Portuguese .
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of
intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased by Stanford University, Special Collections throughout the
2000s.
The original accessions from the collection are arranged into two series: the general
pamphlets and the Luzeiro pamphlets with their colorful covers. Additional accessions are
each listed as their own series. Within each series, pamphlets are organized alphabetically
by the author's name. Authors with multiple pamphlets have their own folders; authors with
only one or two are grouped together.
[identification of item], Literatura de cordel : Brazilian pamphlet collection (M1383).
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
The collection contains poetry pamphlets from northeastern Brazil's tradition of Literatura
de Cordel, or "Stories on a String." The pamphlets contain poems and verses which are
published and hung on clotheslines strung across poets' stalls in local marketplaces. The
poems cover religious traditions, romances, animal fables, folktales, famous people, and
current events. Many have woodcut illustrations on the covers or other illustrations
throughout.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to
examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made
available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or
assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brazilian literature
Chapbooks, Brazilian
Chapbooks, Portuguese
Brazilian poetry