Os poemas negros de Raul Bopp

Abstract

Raul Bopp was the last modernist to have works gathered, in 1998. He is one of the most original writers of Brazilian Modernism. The study of Cobra Norato, his best-known book, is the subject of a chapter in my Poesia, mito e história no Modernismo brasileiro (2015). I propose an analysis of Urucungo, a lesser-known book in spite of great interest in terms of critical and original focus on the African presence in Brazil, and for rebuilding moments of slaves' tragic life by means of poetic words.