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Arquiplago (novel)
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Wikipedia article
'Arquiplago' (Archipelago in Portuguese) is a Capeverdean poetry book written by Jorge Barbosa in 1935.Barbosa, Jorge. 'Arquiplago' Mindelo: ICL, 1935. It was published in ICL; later it would be published in 'Claridade'. The probability of the literary work is the most common in Cape Verde. It opened the doors to modern Cape Verdean literature and later demonstrated a complete change in rhetoric and thematic poetry in Cape Verde; it formed one of the elements that led to the creation of the 'Claridade' review a year after the publication of the book. Along with 'Claridade', Baltazar Lopes participated with Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa with founded members of the review and the name was the movement in the main activists of the same.
The story is set in different parts of the Cape Verdean archipelago, which at the time was in colonial hands. The book features some poems.
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Further reading
*dos Santos, Elsa Rodrigues, 'As mscaras poticas de Jorge Barbosa e a mundividncia cabo-verdiana', Caminho, Lisbon, 1989,
* Silva, Carlos Alberto Gomes da, "An Introduction to Capeverdean Poetry of Portuguese Expression." in 'Emerging Literatures', ed. Nethersole, Reingard. Bern, Peter Lang, 1990. pp. 91105. .
Category:Cape Verdean literature
Category:1935 novels
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