"Barrowby", Boys' Books, and How to Make Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4014841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Zenith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 15-29 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1521-804X • E-ISSN: 2573-1432 |
| Publisher | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.62791/qyz5zg58 |
| OpenAlex | W4401026944 |
| Language | EN |
In what is commonly understood to be an autobiographical note, Fernando Pessoa wrote, "Those books which are called boys' books and deal with exciting experiences I cared little for." In fact, as a young adolescent in Durban, Fernando not only read a lot of "boys' books," he also tried to write one of his own: Os Rapazes de Barrowby (The Boys of Barrowby) lifted its title, the names of some characters, and various structural details from The Barrowboy Boys, serialized in a British magazine for boys in 1903. Pessoa completely changed the story, however, and partly subverted the genre. KEYWORDS: boys' books, Barrowby, story papers, dime novels, O Palrador, Durban
Art · Literature · History · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |