Portuguese Studies articles

Recent articles from Portuguese Studies

Introductory note.(Editorial)
March 22, 2008... With the publication of the current issue, Portuguese Studies completes the first stage in the redefinition of its identity as a journal which started with the re-launch under new editorship. With it we welcome the colleagues who accepted our invitation to form its new International Advisory...

Miracles, martyrs and the cult of Henry the crusader in Lisbon.
March 22, 2008... Abstract. In 1147 a fleet of English, Flemish and German crusaders en route to the Holy Land paused to assist Portuguese troops in an attack on Muslim-held Lisbon. During the subsequent siege a number of visiting crusaders were killed and special cemeteries were established outside the city...

Music and the 'teatro de cordel': in search of a paradigm.
March 22, 2008... Abstract. Particularly in the eighteenth century, as an alternative to opera as such, there are a number of indigenous traditions of musical theatre: the zarzuela in Spain, the opera comique in France, the ballad opera in England, the Singspiel in Germany. In Portugal, by contrast, we find a...

Is the absurd a male-dominated terrain? Pessoa and Beckett as case studies.(Fernando Pessoa, Samuel Beckett)(Critical essay)
March 22, 2008... Abstract. The present article examines the notion of the absurd as it transpires in the form of Modernist literature; more specifically, in the works of Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) and Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). On the basis of how these authors responded to a sense of existential disquiet,...

Poetry and technique: concrete poetry in Brazil.
March 22, 2008... Abstract. Drawing on the writings of leading participants such as Joao Cabral de Melo Neto, this article examines the emergence of Concrete Poetry in postwar Brazil. Although literacy was then rapidly increasing, the status of poetry was challenged by the new media, such as film, that drew...