Author: Mosqueira, Silvano
Title: Semblanzas Paraguayas, I.
Description: Asuncion, Talleres Nacionales, 1908. orig. wrappers. 209 pp,, 25x17cm. Some stains to page edges,.. Spine heavily chipped. Rubbed. Just Good. ¶ The blank page following page 5 bears a full page inked author's presentation inscription: "A S. Ex. el. Sr. Dr. Alberto d'Oliveira, Enviado extraordinario y ministro plenipotenciario de Portugal en el Paraguay y uno de los espiritos mas esclarecidos y representativos de las letras lusitanos. Homenaje de simpatia y admiracion del que encontrosien que deleite y ensenanza en la lecturas de sus escritos, Silvano Mosqueira, Rio de Janeiro,1918" . "The Penguin Companion to American Literature" (ed. Malcolm Bradbury, et al; Harmondsworth, 1971) 's entry on Oliveira reads: "Antonio Mariano de Oliveira (known as Alberto de Oliveira), (1857-1937) , Brazilian poet of the Parnassian school .The publication of his "Sonetos e Poemas" (1885) marked the beginnings of a reaction against romanticism in Brazil.... ["Sonetos e Poemas"] shows a preoccupation with objectivity and form which runs through all his subsequent poetry..." . This work consists of 6 essays concerning the work of Paraguayan intellectual figures: Dr. Manuel Dominguez; Dr. Cecilio Baez; Dr. Blas Garay; Dr. Hector Velazquez; Don Manuel Gondra; Don Juan Silvano Godoy.

Keywords: Paraguay, Latin American l, Intellectual life, Paraguayan letters, Essays, Brazilian authors, Brazilian poets, Brazil,