Vida Americana
Porto: Edicao da Renascenca Portuguesa, 1919. Third Edition. An account of the author's trip to America and his impressions of the American people, emergent feminism, religion and philanthropy, education, the sources of material wealth, sports, leisure and entertainment, American colonies and its involvement in WWI.
Amado's book was one of 18 titles published by the Renascenca Portuguesa movement in Porto, which began in 1912 as a cultural vanguard group that sought to promote literacy, education and nationalism and to establish links with other intellectual and progressive movements abroad.
12mo. Illustrated covers, 227 pp. In Portuguese. Cocked spine, some light chipping to bottom edge of the front wrapper, browning and foxing to cheap paper, name and date to half-title page; a very good copy of a fragile and uncommon book. For more on Renescenca Portuguesa, see Francisco Miguel Araújo. “Reminiscências Nacionais Da Grande Guerra: As Edições Literárias Da ‘Renascença Portuguesa’ (1916-1924).” Cadernos de Literatura Comparada, no. 31 (2014). Item #14229
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