Abstract

A Companion to Portuguese Literature is a remarkably inspired and personalized introduction to the unattainable task of contextualizing perfectly the totality of Portuguese literary history. Comprising significant improvements and complements to the 1932 classic Portuguese Literature by Aubrey Bell and the more recent A Revisionary History of Portuguese Literature, edited by Miguel Tamen and Helena C. Buescu (Garland Publishing, 1999), A Companion to Portuguese Literature is unabashedly canonical yet revisionary, at once unassumingly authoritative and entertaining, resourceful and pleasantly concise.

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  • Each scholar’s personal style and critical approach to the text is woven seamlessly into a tightly organized whole

  • The Companion opens with a masterful 24-page overview by scholar, novelist, and poet Helder Macedo covering eight centuries of Portuguese literature, followed by eleven chapters contributed by other specialists in each of their respective fields

  • The Companion concludes with an invaluable review of “Portuguese Literature in English Translation,” and each chapter is referenced to works cited and includes recommendations for further reading

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Each scholar’s personal style and critical approach to the text is woven seamlessly into a tightly organized whole. A Companion to Portuguese Literature is a remarkably inspired and personalized introduction to the unattainable task of contextualizing perfectly the totality of Portuguese literary history. Buescu (Garland Publishing, 1999), A Companion to Portuguese Literature is unabashedly canonical yet revisionary, at once unassumingly authoritative and entertaining, resourceful and pleasantly concise.

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