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| Revista do Brasil | |
|---|---|
| Title | Revista do Brasil |
| Category | Literary magazine |
| Frequency | Irregular |
| Firstdate | 1900 |
| Finaldate | 1972 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Revista do Brasil Revista do Brasil was a Brazilian literary and cultural periodical influential in the early 20th century, associated with modernist and nationalist intellectual currents. It intersected with movements and institutions across Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Lisbon, engaging writers, politicians, and artists connected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, the Semana de Arte Moderna, and literati networks tied to newspapers and universities. The magazine circulated among readers interested in literature, history, and cultural policy, interacting with debates involving figures from the positivist era through mid-century modernism.
Founded at the turn of the 20th century, the periodical emerged during a period marked by the aftermath of the Proclamation of the Republic and the cultural debates that followed the Empire. Its lifespan overlapped with events and institutions such as the First Brazilian Republic, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the Imperial Library collections, and intellectual salons frequented by members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and contributors connected to the Semana de Arte Moderna. Across decades the magazine navigated shifts associated with the Vargas Era, the Constitution of 1934, and changing patronage linked to state cultural agencies and private patrons.
The founders and successive editors drew from networks that included academics, politicians, and journalists affiliated with institutions like the Universidade de São Paulo, the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, the Biblioteca Nacional, and the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro. Editorial direction reflected influences from figures linked to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, contemporary newspapers such as O Estado de S. Paulo and Jornal do Brasil, and interactions with European cultural transfer from Lisbon and Paris salons, where exchanges with Portuguese and French literati and critics shaped editorial choices. Over time editors negotiated tensions present in circles around monarchist and republican intellectuals, conservative academicians and progressive modernists.
Contributors included poets, novelists, essayists, historians, and critics who were active in Brazilian and Lusophone cultural spheres, many associated with the Brazilian Academy of Letters, the Semana de Arte Moderna cohort, and university faculties at the Universidade de São Paulo and the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. The magazine published work by writers and intellectuals networked with figures from Romantic, Realist, and Modernist traditions represented by names connected to Machado de Assis, Euclides da Cunha, Mário de Andrade, Oswald de Andrade, Manuel Bandeira, and Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. Critics and historians whose essays intersected with archival holdings at the Biblioteca Nacional and the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro also featured, alongside journalists affiliated with O Estado de S. Paulo, Jornal do Brasil, Gazeta de Notícias, and Correio da Manhã.
The magazine's pages contained literary fiction, poetry, critical essays, historical studies, and reviews addressing Brazilian and Lusophone culture, often in dialogue with European currents associated with Parisian modernism, Portuguese literary debates in Lisbon, and comparative studies involving Spain and Italy. Themes ranged from regionalist narratives tied to Pernambuco and Bahia intellectuals, historiography referencing colonial archives and the Museu Histórico Nacional, to aesthetic manifestos engaging with the Semana de Arte Moderna and manifestos circulated among São Paulo and Rio cultural circles. Coverage of bibliographic and archival discoveries connected to the Biblioteca Nacional and correspondence with academic presses informed its scholarly contributions.
Published in Portuguese and produced primarily in Rio de Janeiro with distribution networks reaching São Paulo, Recife, Salvador, and Lisbon, the periodical circulated through bookstores, academic institutions such as the Universidade de São Paulo press and the Biblioteca Nacional, and subscriptions among members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and cultural associations. Printing and typographic choices reflected collaborations with local printers and publishing houses connected to literary salons and university presses, and distribution intersected with railway and postal networks that linked Rio, São Paulo, and regional capitals.
The magazine was discussed in contemporary press outlets such as Jornal do Brasil, O Estado de S. Paulo, Gazeta de Notícias, and Correio da Manhã and reviewed by intellectuals from the Brazilian Academy of Letters and scholars at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade de São Paulo. Its influence extended into literary debates associated with the Semana de Arte Moderna, academic curricula at university faculties, historiographical disputes in the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, and cultural policies debated in legislative assemblies and cultural institutes during the early to mid-20th century.
Archival runs of the periodical survive in holdings of the Biblioteca Nacional, university libraries at the Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and private collections linked to families of contributors; scholars and editors associated with the Brazilian Academy of Letters and academic presses have undertaken cataloguing, reprint, and digitization initiatives. Revival attempts and commemorative projects have been discussed in conferences at the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, in symposia at Brazilian universities, and in retrospectives published by university presses and cultural foundations tied to the Museu Histórico Nacional and municipal cultural departments.
Category:Magazines published in Brazil Category:Portuguese-language magazines