A biblioteca alemã de João Guimarães Rosa

Abstract

This article results from a research carried out between April and June of 2010 in the Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros at the Universidade de São Paulo, in which a complete list of titles related to the German language and culture was collected from João Guimarães Rosa"s personal library. Alongside a description of the procedures taken, we offer a comment on some of the most important aspects of the material analysed, including its recurrent themes and features, such as the marginalia found in volumes by authors like Nietzsche, Kafka and Erich Auerbach, as well as on the general context of Guimarães Rosa"s German readings. We intend to contribute to the studies of Guimarães Rosa"s literary sources, and also to throw light on an object that may be of future interest within the German studies in Brazil.

Nascedouro no sertão: um estudo sobre criatividade a partir de registros do percurso criativo do escritor João Guimarães Rosa e da psicologia de Carl Gustav Jung

“…Disse a mim mesmo: enfim, eis um homem que leva o Diabo a sério e que efetua com ele um pacto de sangue. [...] Vi, assim, confirmado o fato de que havia ou houvera homens que encaravam o poder do Mal no mundo e, 14 Daniel R. Bonomo (2010) pesquisou o material preservado da biblioteca pessoal de Rosa, e neste consta o seguinte livro: Jung, C. G. (1948). Aspects du drame contemporain.…”