Manuel Bandeira and Elvia Bezerra in Santa Teresa

Abstract

In A trinca do Curvelo, Elvia Bezerra investigates the period during which Manuel Bandeira lived in Santa Teresa and demonstrates how his stay in the neighborhood influenced his literary work. In this revised and expanded edition, the essay also reveals the circle of relationships surrounding the poet, who was a neighbor of Ribeiro Couto and Nise da Silveira on Curvelo Street, the devoted companion of Frederique Blank, and the admirer of Luci Soares, two relationships that, as the essayist shows, resonated in his poetry.