In the 1920s, Leandro Gomes de Barros wrote a pamphlet titled O Cavaleiro Lascivo e a Dama Sem Rosto . Here, the knight arrives in Recife, and his lust is cured not by a priest but by a cangaceira (female outlaw) who defeats him in a duel of wit and then marries him — domesticating the savage.
Nenhuma análise sobre a lascívia na cavalaria estaria completa sem uma referência fundamental à obra que desmontou o ideal cavaleiresco: Dom Quixote de La Mancha , de Miguel de Cervantes. O Cavaleiro Lascivo
Transgression and Desire in the Iberian Baroque: An Analysis of O Cavaleiro Lascivo In the 1920s, Leandro Gomes de Barros wrote