A Revisionary History of Portuguese Literature / Edition 1

by Miguel Tamen, Helena C. Buescu

Overview

This collection of original essays traces the history of Portuguese literature from the medieval period to the present, providing provocative new interpretations of this previously neglected literary history. The volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to Portuguese literature to students new to the field, and provides new insight into the ongoing controversies on the subject. The Introduction and Afterword explore the relationship between literary history and revisionism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815332480
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1998
Series:	Hispanic Issues , #18
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Miguel Tamen, Helena C. Buescu

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Infractions of the Name-Hiding Rule in Galician-Portuguese Troubadour Poetry, João Dionísio; Chapter 2 Belief in History, Teresa Amado; Chapter 3 The Songs of Melancholy, Vítor Aguiar e Silva; Chapter 4 Baroque Literature Revised and Revisited, Margarida Vieira Mendes; Chapter 5 Portuguese Poetics in the Eighteenth Century, Maria de Lourdes A. Ferraz; Chapter 6 Socio-Institutional Literary Practices in Portuguese Romanticism, Helena C. Buescu; Chapter 7 Decadence and Fin-De-Siècle Literature in Portugal, J. C. Seabra Pereira; Chapter 8 Before the Barbarians, M. S. Lourenço; Chapter 9 Fernando Pessoa’s Odd Epic, António M. Feijó; Chapter 10 Notes for a Cartography of Twentieth-Century Portuguese Poetry, Manuel Gusmão; Chapter 11 Contemporary Portuguese Fiction—Cases and Problems, Paula Morão; Chapter 12 Four Twentieth-Century Portuguese Critics, Victor Mendes; Chapter 13 Literary History, Helena C. Buescu;

Editorial Reviews

Twelve essays overviewing the history of Portuguese literature and Portuguese literature studies are arranged in chronological order so that the possibility of a diachronic perspective on Portuguese literature is preserved. Topics include infractions of the name-hiding rule in Galician-Portuguese troubadour poetry, aspects of mannerism in Camoes, Baroque literature, Portuguese poetics in the 18th century, and socio-institutional literary practices in Portuguese romanticism. Other subjects are 20th-century Portuguese poetry, contemporary Portuguese fiction, and 20th-century Portuguese critics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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