A dois passos do deserto: visões urbanas de Euclides na Amazônia

Abstract

The reading of som e Euclides da Cunha ’s letters discloses his restless and urban look on the “em blem atic’’ Amazonian. His am biguous feelings into this region, hesitating between enchantm ent and dislike, contribute to a strained and ‘m iragic’ writing, that is tied to modernity im pression from Belem and Manaus cities.