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The first edition of Otto Maria Carpeaux’ Historia da Literatura Ocidental (A History of Western Literature) occurred almost sixty years ago. A singular work in the context of Brazilian literary essayism, the book has found practically no critical reviewers. The present article examines the reviews published by eminent Brazilian critic Wilson Martins at the time of the work’s first appearance from the end of the 1950s to the early 1960s. Besides recognizing Carpeaux’ contribution to the knowledge of foreign literatures, the critic dedicated special attention to the criteria of literary history writing, like inclusion, canon and periodization. |
