Araripe Júnior

Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior (27 June 1848 – 29 October 1911) was a Brazilian lawyer, literary critic,^[1][2] and writer.^[3]

Araripe Júnior
Araripe Júnior
Born	(1848-06-27)27 June 1848 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Died	29 October 1911(1911-10-29) (aged 63)
Education	Faculdade de Direito do Recife
Father	Tristão de Alencar Araripe
Relatives	José de Alencar (cousin)

Biography

Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior was born in Fortaleza, Ceará,^[4] the son of Tristão de Alencar Araripe^[5] and Argentina de Alencar Lima, into one of the country's most prominent families.^[6] In 1869, he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Faculdade de Direito do Recife.^[7] Two years later he entered politics. Araripe Júnior was a founding member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the Instituto do Ceará. He was also associated with the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute.

Works

Fiction

• Contos Brasileiros (short stories, 1868).
• A Casinha de Sapé (novel, 1872).
• O Ninho de Beija-flor (novel, 1874).
• Jacina, a Marabá (novel, 1875).
• Luizinha (novel, 1878).
• O Reino Encantado (novel, 1878).
• O Retirante (novel, 1878).
• Os Guaianás (novel, 1882).
• Quilombo dos Palmares (1882).
• Xico Melindroso (1882).
• Miss Kate (novel, 1909).
• O Cajueiro do Fagundes (novel, 1911).

Non-fiction

• Cartas sobre a Literatura Brasílica (1869).
• O Papado (1874).
• Anchieta (1879).
• José de Alencar: Perfil Literário (1882).
• Dirceu (1890).
• Função Normal do Terror nas Sociedades Cultas (1891).
• Gregório de Matos (1893).
• Deteriora Sequor (1894).
• Movimento Literário de 1893 (1896).
• Crepúsculo dos Povos (1896).
• Diálogo das Novas Grandezas do Brasil (1909).
• Pareceres (1911–1913).
• Ibsen e o Espírito da Tragédia (1911).
• Obra Crítica de Araripe Júnior, ed. Afrânio Coutinho (5 vols., 1958–1966).