Rediscoverers Major Writers in the Portuguese Literature of National Regeneration

Name: Rediscoverers Major Writers in the Portuguese Literature of National Regeneration
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ISBN: 9780271003009

ISBN-10: 0271003006

ISBN-13: 9780271003009

Edition: 1982

Authors: Ronald W. Sousa

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This book is a study in the social history of literature. Portugal's power and prestige began to decline in the mid-1500's, reducing the nation's international standing and self-image to a low point from which it has never fully recovered. In the ensuing years, this book argues, mythicizing the Age of the Discoveries and establishing a link to it have been recurring patterns in Portuguese thought. These patterns are reflected in what is called "the literature of national regeneration."Portugal's days of glory were short-lived: from the capture of the Arab port of Ceuta in North Africa (1415) to the defeat by the Moors in present-day Morocco (1578). The latter, in which the Portuguese king…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Ronald W. Sousa, of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, is the author, coauthor, editor, and/or translator of a number of scholarly articles and books dealing with general cultural criticism, as well as Portuguese-language and Spanish-language cultures.