Abstract
This article proposes a reading of the Brazilian baroque from a Latin American perspective. With that purpose, the paper analyses Ana Miranda’s novel Boca do Inferno and initially contrasts it with O sequestro do Barroco na Formação da literatura brasileira: o caso Gregório de Matos by Haroldo de Campos. Based on the figure of Gregório de Matos, the study highlights the need to correlate the Bahian poet, Matos, with Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. The paper puts forward the hypothesis that Sor Juana was “kidnapped” in the Brazilian baroque because she had defied Father Vieira (another central character in Miranda's novel) and consequently, that it would be impossible to define the baroque in Latin America without including Sor Juana. The paper highlights the need to integrate Brazil literature more organically into Latin American literature.
Keywords
Brazilian Baroque; American Baroque; Latin American Literature