The Brazilian Literary Generation of 1930

Abstract

It is curious that in the current vogue for writing literary history by generations, rather than by the more traditional divisions of centuries, schools, or periods, no one should have approached the literature of Brazil from this point of view.* To be sure, Jos6 Verissimo, Ronald de Carvalho, and others have divided the Romantic poets into primeira, segunda e terceira geragdes. However, this is but a vague labeling, and Manuel Bandeira's preference for the word momento, rather than geragio, is doubtless well taken.'