Araripe Júnior
Brazilian writer, literary critic, and lawyer
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Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior (27 June 1848 – 29 October 1911) was a Brazilian lawyer, literary critic,[1][2] and writer.[3]
Died29 October 1911 (aged 63)
EducationFaculdade de Direito do Recife
Araripe Júnior | |
|---|---|
Araripe Júnior | |
| Born | 27 June 1848 |
| Died | 29 October 1911 (aged 63) |
| Education | Faculdade de Direito do Recife |
| Father | Tristão de Alencar Araripe |
| Relatives | José de Alencar (cousin) |
Biography
Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior was born in Fortaleza, Ceará,[4] the son of Tristão de Alencar Araripe[5] and Argentina de Alencar Lima, into one of the country's most prominent families.[6] In 1869, he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Faculdade de Direito do Recife.[7] Two years later he entered politics. Araripe Júnior was a founding member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the Instituto do Ceará. He was also a member of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute.
Works
Fiction
- Contos Brasileiros (short stories, 1868).
- A Casinha de Sapé (novel, 1872).
- O Ninho de Beija-flor (novel, 1874).
- Jacina, a Marabá (novel, 1875).
- Luizinha (novel, 1878).
- O Reino Encantado (novel, 1878).
- O Retirante (novel, 1878).
- Os Guaianás (novel, 1882).
- Quilombo dos Palmares (1882).
- Xico Melindroso (1882).
- Miss Kate (novel, 1909).
- O Cajueiro do Fagundes (novel, 1911).
Non-fiction
- Cartas sobre a Literatura Brasílica (1869).
- O Papado (1874).
- Anchieta (1879).
- José de Alencar: Perfil Literário (1882).
- Dirceu (1890).
- Função Normal do Terror nas Sociedades Cultas (1891).
- Gregório de Matos (1893).
- Deteriora Sequor (1894).
- Movimento Literário de 1893 (1896).
- Crepúsculo dos Povos (1896).
- Diálogo das Novas Grandezas do Brasil (1909).
- Pareceres (1911–1913).
- Ibsen e o Espírito da Tragédia (1911).
- Obra Crítica de Araripe Júnior, ed. Afrânio Coutinho (5 vols., 1958–1966).
