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Contents List of Illustrations vii Preface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Interfaces: Insularity, Invention, Brazilian Lyric in/and the Americas xiii 1. Insular Outreach, Moveable Outlook: Transamerican Currents in Brazilian Lyric 1 2. Allusive, Elusive: Brazilian Reflections of/on USAmerican Literature 33 3. Inter Arts Inter Alia: Film, Popular Music, and Media Lore in the Poetic Imagination 66 4. Three Centuries, Three Americas: Epical Fellowships and Hemispheric Imperatives 97 5. Banda Hispânica: Spanish American–Brazilian Links in Lyric and Landings 136 6. Scions of Tropicália: Of Signs, Soundings, Song, and Science 164 7. (In-)Conclusion: Intersection Interaction Interlocution 179 Notes 189 Bibliography 215 Index 239 ...

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