TY - JOUR T1 - Uma leitura da modernidade em <em>José</em> de Carlos Drummond de Andrade JF - Luso-Brazilian Review JO - Luso-Braz Rev SP - 20 LP - 41 DO - 10.1353/lbr.2005.0016 VL - 41 IS - 2 AU - Vivaldo A. Santos Y1 - 2004/12/01 UR - http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/41/2/20.abstract N2 - This article analyzes the book José by the Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, focusing on the return of individualism in his poetry. I propose that his individualism makes a transition from its place in his prior works to that of a generic one. Drummond expresses this by emphasizing the social changes, rationalization, and the impact of modernization on the human subject. With special attention to the experience of the self in the urban context, I point out how his view of the modern city is key to understanding his nihilism and, most importantly, his tragic view of modernity. ER -