Portuguese literatureBell, Aubrey F. G. (Aubrey Fitz Gerald)
History
Portuguese literature
Bell, Aubrey F. G. (Aubrey Fitz Gerald)
Portuguese literature -- History and criticism
The chief work of the able and industrious critic and historian JOSÉ
MARIA LATINO COELHO (1825-91) was his _Historia Politica e Militar de
Portugal desde os fins do seculo XVIII até 1814_ (3 vols., 1874-91).
ANTONIO COSTA LOBO (1840-1913), editor of the instructive _Memorias
de um Soldado da India_, in his _Historia da Sociedade em Portugal no
seculo XV_ (1904) began a meticulous and well thought-out study of an
earlier period of Portuguese history. JOSÉ RAMOS COELHO (1832-1914)
is chiefly known for his elaborate romantic biography of the brother
of King João V: _Historia do Infante D. Duarte_ (2 vols., 1889, 90).
Dr. HENRIQUE DA GAMA BARROS (born in 1833) in the invaluable _Historia
da Administração Publica em Portugal nos seculos XII a XV_ (3 vols.,
1885, 96, 1914) has collected an abundance of concrete, carefully
verified details, and thrown a searching light on the early history of
Portugal.[682]
In literary criticism as well as in historical research the nineteenth
century worthily continued the traditions of the eighteenth. FRANCISCO
MARQUES DE SOUSA VITERBO (1845-1910) after first appearing in print
as a poet in _O Anjo do Pudor_ (1870) rendered excellent service in
both those fields; the best-known work of LUCIANO CORDEIRO (1844-1900)
is his study _Soror Marianna_ (1890); ZOPHIMO CONSIGLIERI PEDROSO
(1851-1910) and ANTONIO THOMAZ PIRES (†1913) were celebrated for their
studies in folk-lore[683]; the VISCONDE DE JUROMENHA (1807-87) for his
edition of the works of Camões; the CONDE DE FICALHO (1837-1903) for
several remarkable studies and his edition of Garcia da Orta; ANNIBAL
FERNANDES THOMAZ (1840-1912) as a bibliographer; AUGUSTO EPIPHANIO DA
SILVA DIAS (1841-1916) as scholar and critic; JOSÉ PEREIRA DE SAMPAIO
(1857-1915), who used the pseudonym _Bruno_, as a critic; ANICETO DOS
REIS GONÇALVEZ VIANA (1840-1914) and JULIO MOREIRA (1854-1911) as
philologists; LUIZ GARRIDO (1841-82) as critic and classical scholar in
his _Ensaios historicos e criticos_ (1871) and _Estudos de historia e
litteratura_ (1879). After the death of the diligent and enthusiastic
but sadly unmethodical bibliographer INNOCENCIO DA SILVA (1810-76),
his celebrated _Diccionario Bibliographico Portuguez_ was carried on
by BRITO ARANHA (1833-1914), and the task of continuing it is now
entrusted to Snr. GOMES DE BRITO. To the eminent folk-lorist FRANCISCO
ADOLPHO COELHO (1847-1919) the language, literature, and folklore
are indebted for many works of permanent value. Notable among living
scholars, apart from D. Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos and Mr.
Edgar Prestage, who both write in Portuguese, are Colonel FRANCISCO
MARIA ESTEVES PEREIRA, whose editions of early works are invaluable;
Dr. JOSÉ JOAQUIM NUNES, who has devoted his careful scholarship to the
early poetry and prose; the Camões scholar, Dr. JOSÉ MARIA RODRIGUES;
Snr. PEDRO DE AZEVEDO, archaeologist and historian; Snr. DAVID LOPES,
a scholar equally versed in literature and history; Snr. CANDIDO DE
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