RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 45

March 2005

 
PART XI:

Literature & Literary Criticism,

Essays, Correspondence

 
See also items 3, 56, 76, 80, 81, 82 & 83.

31. AMORIM, Maria Adelina, Maria José Craveiro, and Maria Lúcia Garcia Marques, eds. Homo Viator: Estudos em Homenagem a Fernando Cristóvão. Lisbon: Colibri, 2004. Lge. 8°, publ. illus. bds. with d.j. 605 pp., (1 l.), illus. (some illus. in color). ISBN: 972 - 772 - 510 - 4. $65.00

Includes contributions by António Borges Coelho, Ana Mafalda Leite, Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, Massaud Moisés, Helena Carvalhão Buescu, Annabela Rita, Maria Idalina Resina Rodrigues, Maria Alzira Seixo, Luís Filipe Barreto, António Dias Farinha, Teresa Seruya, and numerous others. Topics include poetry, a translation of a poem by Emily Dickinson, Marco Polo, Portuguese voyages to China in the sixteenth century, texts of Father António Vieira, Portuguese in the Rio de la Plata from 1515 to 1542, Portuguese language, Vergílio Ferreira, Frei Luís de Sousa, Mia Couto, José Eduardo Agualusa, D. Alvaro de Castro, the fusion of history and fiction, and much more. While most contributions are in Portuguese, three papers are in French.
 

32. BESSE, Maria Graciete. Alves Redol: o espaço e o discurso. Lisbon: Ulmeiro, 1997. Colecção Ulmeiro Universidade, 12. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 150 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 706 - 276 - 8. $25.00

 
33. CARVALHO, Ana Alexandra, and João Carlos Carvalho. Aventuras d'escrita(s): estudos de poética e retórica. Lisbon: Colibri and Faro: Centro de Estudos Lingísticos e Literários, Universidade do Algarve, 2004. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 309 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 772 - 519 - 8. $40.00

The book contains three main sections: I. "Revisitando os séculos XIX - XX," touches on the romantic aesthetic, Propp, the Russian short story, and more; II. "Aventura no País do Romance" deals with the epistolary novel in France, translation, Claude Crébillon, Stendhal, Goethe, Kierkegaard and more; III. "Aventura da Escrita / Escrita da Aventura" deals with the text of Alvaro Velho, the problem of interpreting Pero Vaz de Caminha, Garcia da Orta, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Tomé Pinheiro da Veiga, Cyrano de Bergerac, French and Portuguese Brazil in the sixteenth century, and more.

 
34. COELHO, Eduardo Prado. Crónicas no fio do horizonte. Porto: Asa, 2004. Finisterra: Autores Contemporâneos de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 300 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 41 - 4004 - 0. $35.00

 
35. COELHO, Eduardo Prado. O fio da modernidade. Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 2004. Colecção Mercado das Ideias. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 182 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 46 - 1572 - 3. $28.00


36. EÇA DE QUEIROZ, José Maria, and José Duarte Ramalho Ortigão. As farpas: crónica mensal da políticas, das letras e dos costumes. 3rd ed. thus. Maria Filomena Mónia and Maria José Marinho, eds. São João do Estoril: Principia, 2004. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. vii, 639 pp. ISBN: 972 - 8818 - 40 - 8. $65.00

The satirical journal As Farpas was founded, directed, edited and written solely by José Maria Eça de Queiroz and José Duarte Ramalho Ortigão. Eça de Queiroz's collaboration extended through Series 1, number 15 (September / October 1872), at which time he left for Havana to take up a diplomatic post; his name, however, continued to appear on the wrappers and the title page. Ramalho Ortigão's contributions made him famous: "With abundant good sense he ridiculed and undermined the foibles and follies of Lisbon life, obstinately determined to bring health to the minds and the bodies of his fellow - countrymen and succeeding by his wit where a more sedate reformer might have failed. The range of subjects covered was very wide . . . and his skill in brief character - sketches is remarkable" (Bell, Portuguese literature, p. 322).

Each issue of As Farpas was printed in 1,500 copies, a considerable number for that time. The wrappers show a drawing by Manuel de Macedo of the devil Asmodeus looking through a telescope.

Ramalho Ortigão later published his contributions to this journal under the title As Farpas. O País e a Sociedade Portuguesa, Lisbon 1887 - 90, in 11 volumes. Eça's contributions were published in volumes 12 and 13 of the same series. Because of disagreements between Ramalho and Eça, Eça soon published his contributions again, under the title Uma campanha alegre, Lisbon 1890 - 91, with substantial changes in content and style.

The present version maintains the original text except for modernization of the orthography. The first two editions appeared in October 2004; this 3rd edition appeared in November 2004. According to the publisher's "belt" 20,000 copies were issued in less than one month, which is a very large number for Portugal. Maria Filomena Mónica provides an introduction, and was the general editor of the volume. Maria José Marinho provides notes, a "tabela onomástico" and a glossary.

 
37. FEIJO, António, Cartas a Luís de Magalhães. Apresentação, transcrição e notas de Rui Feijó. Posfácio de Luís de Magalhães. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2004. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 509 pp., (1 l.); 533 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972 - 27 - 1140 - 7. $100.00
 

38. FERNANDES, Ângela. Os efeitos da literatura: algumas questões de arte e de moral. Lisbon: Colibri, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 154 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 772 - 507 - 4. $22.00

 
39. RIBEIRO, Margarida Calfate, Theresa Cristina Cerdeira, Juliet Perkins and Phillip Rothwell, eds. A primavera toda para ti: homenagem a Helder Macedo. / A Tribute to Helder Macedo. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2004. Folio (26.6 x 19.7 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 423 pp. ISBN: 972 - 23 - 3273 - 2. $55.00
 

40. SANTOS, Hugo. Diário de raivas e afectos. Preface by Francisco Louçã. Lisbon: Hugin, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 202 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 794 - 175 - 3. $28.00

The author, poet, novelist and short story writer, was born in Campo Maior, Alentejo. He has published at least 23 books, at least 10 of which have won prizes, including poetry and short stories.

 
41. SARAIVA, António José, and Oscar Lopes. Correspondência. Selecção, edição, prefácio e notas, Leonor Curado Neves. Com a colaboração de Ana Sequeira de Medeiros. Lisbon: Gradiva, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 485, (2) pp., illus. ISBN: 989 - 616 - 004 - x. $55.00
 

42. SENA, Jorge de. Diários. Mécia de Sena, ed. Porto: Caixotim, 2004. Obras Clássicas da Literatura Portuguesa, Séc. XX, 123. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. xii, 310 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 55 - 4. $35.00

Introduction by Mécia de Sena.

 
43. VIEIRA, Alice. Bica escaldada. Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 2004. Escrito em Português. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 255 pp. ISBN: 972 - 46 - 1578 - 2. $35.00

Childhood memoirs by one of the most distinguished Portuguese authors of literature for children.

 
44. VIEIRA, P. António, S.J., supposed author [actual author: P. Manuel da Costa, S.J.]. Anónimo (sec. XVIII). Arte de furtar. N.p.: Estampa, (1970). Literatura Portuguesa - Clássicos de Bolso. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 289, (1) pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: none. $15.00

The Arte de furtar, a curious and amusing treatise on the noble art of lying and thieving that became an often - reprinted classic of Portuguese literature, first appeared with the false imprint Amsterdam: Officina Elvizeriana [sic], 1652, but was probably printed in Lisbon ca. 1744. Although the title page of that edition attributes the book to P. António Vieira, it has now been shown to be the work of P. Manuel da Costa.