Ubirajara (novel)
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Ubirajara is one of the indigenous novel
s by José de Alencar
. It was first published in 1874. This name means lord of spear or lancer
in English, from ubira - spear, e jara - lord; it accorded José de Alencar.
"Ubirajara" (the companion to "Iracema") A Legend Of The Tupy Indians by Jose De Alancar was translated from the Portuguese into English verse by J.T.W. Sadler, M.A. early 20th century.
Published by Ronald Massey, 108, Victoria Street, S.W. 1.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s by José de Alencar
José de Alencar
José Martiniano de Alencar was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, orator, novelist and dramatist. He is one of the most famous writers of the first generation of Brazilian Romanticism, writing historical, regionalist and Indianist romances — being the most famous The Guarani...
. It was first published in 1874. This name means lord of spear or lancer
Lancer
A lancer was a type of cavalryman who fought with a lance. Lances were used in mounted warfare by the Assyrians as early as and subsequently by Greek, Persian, Gallic, Han-Chinese, nomadic and Roman horsemen...
in English, from ubira - spear, e jara - lord; it accorded José de Alencar.
"Ubirajara" (the companion to "Iracema") A Legend Of The Tupy Indians by Jose De Alancar was translated from the Portuguese into English verse by J.T.W. Sadler, M.A. early 20th century.
Published by Ronald Massey, 108, Victoria Street, S.W. 1.