RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 39
November 2003

 
PART XX:
Journals

 

149. Cadmo: Revista do Instituto Oriental, Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa. Número 1. Lisbon: Cosmos, 1991. 8°, original printed wrappers. 254 pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISSN: 0871-9527. Número 1. $40.00

First number of this journal, edited by José Nunes Carreira, devoted to ancient history and the early Middle Ages. It includes articles by Emanuel Bouzon, "A propriedade fundiária na Baixa Mesopotâmia durante o período paleobabilónico"; by the editor, "Hermopolitan Traditions in Philo Byblius' Phoenician History"; Francolino Gonçalves, "História antes de Heródoto: o caso de Israel"; Luís Manuel de Araújo, "De Charuhen a Kadech: relações entre o Egipto do Império Novo e a Asia"; and Geraldo Coelho Dias, "Os 'Povos do Mar' e a 'Idade Obscura' no Médio Oriento antigo."

 
150. Cadmo: Revista do Instituto Oriental, Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa. Número 2. Lisbon: Cosmos, 1992. 8°, original printed wrappers. 219 pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISSN 0871-9257. Número 2. $65.00

This issue includes articles by the editor, as well as by Emanuel Bouzon, Francolino Gonçalves, Luís Manuel de Araújo, Josep Padró and António Ramos dos Santos.

 
151. Cadmo: Revista do Instituto Oriental, Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa. Número 3. Lisbon: Cosmos, 1993. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 185 pp., (1 l. advt.). One of 1,000 copies. ISSN 0871-9257. Número 3. $65.00

This issue includes articles by the editor, as well as by Emanuel Bouzon, Luís Manuel de Araújo and António Ramos dos Santos.

 
152. Cadmo: Revista do Instituto Oriental, Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa. Números 4/5. Lisbon: Colibri, 1994-5 (i.e. 1998?). 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 219 pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISSN 0871-9257. Números 4/5. $35.00

This issue includes articles by the editor, as well as by Emanuel Bouzon, Luís Manuel de Araújo, and Ana Maria Moreira with Nuno Simões Rodrigues.

 
153. Cadmo: Revista do Instituto Oriental, Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa. Números 6/7. Lisbon: Colibri, 1996-7 (i.e. later?). 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 215 pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISSN 0871-9257. Números 6/7. $35.00

This issue includes articles by the editor, as well as by Emanuel Bouzon, Julio Trebolle and Nuno Simões Rodrigues.

 
154. Ficções: revista de contos. Luísa Costa Gomes, ed. Número 8. Lisbon: Tinta Permanente, 2003. 8°, original printed wrappers. 159 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: [sic?] 972-8625-14-6. Número 8. $25.00

Includes a previously unpublished story by José Rodrigues Miguéis, "A chegada (abertura)," pp. 135-59. This review features a juxtaposition of classic short stories of world literature with new Portuguese ones, sometimes by young and promising authors, alongside Portuguese authors already well-established, and others of recent critical acclaim. In this eighth numbered issue are translations of Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Elisabeth Bishop, Ray Bradbury, and Doris Lessing. Besides Rodrigues Miguéis, other Portuguese authors represented in this issue are Ramalho Ortigão and Augusto Abelaira.

 
155. Os meus livros. Número 14, ano 2, Setembro 2003. Lisbon: First Media, 2003. Folio (27 x 20 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 82 pp., illus. in color. ISSN: none. Número 14, ano 2, Setembro 2003. $15.00

Directora: Tereza Coelho; editores: Leonor Pinhão and José Prata; director de arte: Vasco Ferreira. This issue includes an interview with Paula Bobone, as well as essays by Eduardo Lourenço, Vasco Graça Moura, and Eduardo Prado Coelho.

 
156. Os meus livros. Número 15, ano 2, Outubro 2003. Lisbon: First Media, 2003. Folio (27 x 20 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 98 pp., illus. in color. ISSN: none. Número 15, ano 2, Outubro 2003. $15.00

This issue includes an interview with Júlio Machado Vaz, as well as essays by Eduardo Lourenço, Vasco Graça Moura, and Eduardo Prado Coelho. There is a long review of António Lobo Antunes' latest novel, Boa tarde às coisas aqui em baixo é, by Maria Alzira Seixo, a series of brief comments on "o meu primeiro livro" by João de Melo, Baptista Bastos, Luísa Dacosta, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, José Eduardo Agualusa, Fernando Campos, Lídia Jorge, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, and Nuno Júdice, and much more. We are happy to take standing orders for this important, relatively new magazine.

 
157. Tabacaria. Directed by Clara Ferreira Alves. Art director, João Francisco Vilhena. Numero 11, Primavera 2003. Lisbon: Casa Fernando Pessoa, 2003. Folio (30 x 24.1 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 143 pp., considerable illus., mostly in color. ISSN: 0873-304-X. Numero 11, Primavera 2003. $25.00

With this issue, devoted mainly to Fernando Pessoa, the subtitle Revista de poesia e artes plasticas has been dropped. The review is no longer being co-published by Contexto Editora, which is now defunct, perhaps in part due to controversy generated by issue Número 8. Contributors to the present number include Eduardo Lourenço, Anabela Mota Ribeiro, Susana Sena, Clara Ferreira Alves, Nelson Saúte, Pedro Rosa Mendes, José Eduardo Agualusa, Maria João Avillez, Eduardo Prado Coelho, F.M. Fonseca Ferreira and Filipa Melo. There are poems by Gastão Cruz, Angel Campos Pámpano, and Paulo José Miranda. The editorial board presently consists of Ana Maria Santos, Anick Bilreiro, Maria José Gonçalves, Rita Rodrigues, and Susana Sena. The first eight issues (as well as number 0) were directed by Nuno Júdice; the editorial board consisted of Fernando Pinto de Amaral, Manuel António Pina, Alexandre Pomar, and Joana Morais Varela. Isuues 9 and 10 were directed by Maria Calado. Números 0, 1 and 2 are out-of print. We have one complete collection in stock of Números 0 through 10, which is available for $425.00. Números 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are available, in principle, for $25.00 each.

 
158. Vária escrita: cadernos de estudos arquivísticos, históricos e documentais. Eugénio Montoito, ed. Número 9. Sintra: Câmara Municipal, 2002 [i.e. 2003?]. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 371 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISSN: 972-8209-43-6 [sic]. Número 9. $50.00

In addition to Montoito, the editorial board consists of Elvio Melim de Sousa, João Rodil, and Ricardo António Alves. This issue, devoted to Vergílio Ferreira, contains essays by Vergílio Ferreira, Edite Estrela (2), Helder Godinho (2), Augusto Santos Silva, Rosa Maria Goulart, António Marques, Laura Fernanda Bulger, Ana Turíbio, Daniel-Henri Pageaux, Alvaro Manuel Machado, Bernard Emery, José Rodrigues de Paiva, Lauro António, Duarte Ivo Cruz, Serafim Ferreira, Isabel Cristina Rodrigues, António Pedro Saraiva, Maria Nazaré Gomes dos Santos, José Gavilanes Laso, António Moniz, António da Silva Gordo, Annabela Rita, Tereza Moura Guedes, Eduardo Prado Coelho, António Fournier, Amria Joaquina Nobre Júlio, Miguel Real, João Carlos Vitorino Pereira, Jorge Manuel Costa Lopes, João Rodil, Eduardo Lourenço, and João José Félix Marnoto Praia. One of the contributions is in French, all of the rest are in Portuguese. Numbers 1 through 8 of this review, which began publication in 1994, are available for $40.00 each.