History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 2 of 2)
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- HISTORY OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE LITERATURE.
- HISTORY OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE LITERATURE. BY FREDERICK BOUTERWEK. IN TWO VOLUMES. Translated from the Original German, BY THOMASINA ROSS. VOL. II. PORTUGUESE LITERATURE. LONDON: BOOSEY AND SONS, BROAD STREET. 1823.
- PREFACE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS. VOL. II.
- HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE LITERATURE.
- BOOK I. FROM THE END OF THE THIRTEENTH TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
- RISE OF PORTUGUESE POETRY.
- GONZALO HERMIGUEZ AND EGAZ MONIZ.
- EARLY ESSAY IN EPIC POETRY.
- KING DINIZ.
- POETS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.
- CHRONICLES IN PROSE.
- INTIMATE CONNECTION OF THE PORTUGUESE AND GALICIAN POETRY—THE GALICIAN POET MACIAS.
- THE CANCIONEIROS GERAES.
- DEFICIENCY WITH REGARD TO HISTORICAL ROMANCES—LITTLE INFLUENCE OF THE CULTIVATION OF LATIN VERSE ON PORTUGUESE LYRIC POETRY.
- EARLY CULTIVATION OF HISTORICAL PROSE.
- INCREASE OF PORTUGUESE POWER, FOLLOWED BY THE RAPID DEVELOPEMENT OF THE NATIONAL POETRY AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
- BERNARDIM RIBEYRO.
- CHRISTOVAÕ FALCAÕ.
- OTHER ANCIENT LYRIC POEMS.
- BOOK II. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH UNTIL TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
- CHAP. I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE POETIC AND RHETORICAL CULTIVATION OF THE PORTUGUESE DURING THE ABOVE PERIOD.
- Relation of Portuguese to Spanish Poetry in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
- CAUSES OF THE CONTINUED CULTIVATION OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IN PORTUGAL.
- RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL CHARACTER OF THE PORTUGUESE DURING THIS PERIOD.
- CHAP. II. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE FROM THE EPOCH OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ITALIAN STYLE, TILL TOWARDS THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
- Tranquil Adoption of the Italian Style.
- SAA DE MIRANDA.
- GIL VICENTE.
- FERREIRA.
- CAMOENS.
- MONTEMAYOR.
- CLASSICAL SCHOOL OF SAA DE MIRANDA AND ANTONIO FERREIRA.
- ANDRADE CAMINHA.
- BERNARDES.
- CORTEREAL.
- OTHER PORTUGUESE POETS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY—FERREIRA DE VASCONCELLOS; RODRIGUEZ DE CASTRO; LOBO DE SOROPITA; &c.
- RODRIGUEZ LOBO.
- STATE OF PORTUGUESE ELOQUENCE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
- ROMANCES AND NOVELS.
- SA SOTOMAYOR.
- PIRES DE REBELLO.
- PROGRESS OF THE HISTORICAL ART.
- JOAÕ DE BARROS.
- LOPEZ DE CASTANHEDA—DAMIAÕ DE GÓES—AFFONSO D’ALBOQUERQUE.
- BERNARDO DE BRITO.
- CHAP. III. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE, FROM THE LATTER YEARS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH.
- Decay of the ancient national energy in Portuguese Literature.
- PORTUGUESE SONNETS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
- FARIA E SOUSA.
- THOMAS DE NORONHA.
- BARBOSA BACELLAR.
- TORREZAÕ COELHO.
- FREIRE DE ANDRADA.
- FURTHER DECLINE OF PORTUGUESE TASTE—RIBEIRO DE MACEDO—CORREA DE LA CERDA.
- VIOLANTE DO CEO.
- DIDACTIC EPISTLES OF ALVARES DA CUNHA.
- JERONYMO BAHIA.
- FRANCISCO VASCONCELLOS.
- TELLES DA SYLVA AND NUNES DA SYLVA.
- OTHER SONNETEERS—CONTINUED INTERVENTION OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IN PORTUGUESE POETRY.
- PORTUGUESE ELOQUENCE DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
- ROMANTIC PROSE—MATHEUS RIBEYRO—CASTANHEIRA TURACEM.
- HISTORICAL PROSE—FREIRE DE ANDRADA.
- BOOK III. FROM THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
- PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.
- CHAP. I. GENERAL HISTORY OF POETICAL AND RHETORICAL CULTIVATION IN PORTUGAL DURING THIS PERIOD.
- Total decay of Portuguese Literature towards the end of the Seventeenth Century.
- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PORTUGUESE ACADEMY IN 1714.
- ADMINISTRATION OF THE MARQUIS OF POMBAL.
- REVIVED SPIRIT OF LITERATURE—UTILITY OF THE PORTUGUESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
- CHAP. II. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY DURING THIS PERIOD.
- THE CONDE DA ERICEYRA.
- CONTINUANCE OF CORRUPT TASTE IN PORTUGUESE POETRY. BARROS PEREIRA—ALEXANDRE ANTONIO DE LIMA.
- THE PORTUGUESE DRAMA IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. SPURIOUS DRAMAS CALLED OPERAS.
- RESUMPTION OF AN IMPROVED STYLE IN PORTUGUESE POETRY. MANOEL DA COSTA.
- PROGRESS OF PORTUGUESE POETRY IN THE LATTER PART OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.365
- TRANSLATIONS.
- TITLES OF SOME OF THE POEMS PRODUCED IN THIS PERIOD.
- GARÇAÕ.
- THE ABBOT PAULINO.
- DONA CATHARINA DE SOUSA—HER TRAGEDY OF OSMIA.
- FAILURE OF OSMIA ON THE STAGE—PREVALENCE OF DRAMATIC IMITATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS.
- RECENT PORTUGUESE POETS:—IN PARTICULAR TOLENTINO DA ALMEIDA.
- ARAUJO DE AZAVEDO—HIS TRANSLATIONS OF ENGLISH POEMS.
- CHAP. III. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE ELOQUENCE, CRITICISM, AND RHETORIC, DURING THIS PERIOD.
- Further Decline of Portuguese Eloquence.
- NEW CULTIVATION OF ELOQUENCE—CLASSICAL PROSE AUTHORS STILL WANTING IN MODERN PORTUGUESE LITERATURE.
- ROMANTIC PROSE—TRANSLATIONS.
- PORTUGUESE CRITICISM OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
- ERICEYRA’S INTRODUCTION TO HIS HENRIQUEIDA.
- GARÇAÕ’S LECTURES.
- PHILOLOGICAL AND CRITICAL TREATISES OF THE ACADEMICIANS JOAQUIM DE FOYOS—FRANCISCO DIAS—ANTONIO DAS NAVES, &C.
- CONCLUSION.
- COMPARISON OF PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH LITERATURE.
- END OF VOL. II.
- AND OF THE HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE LITERATURE.
- ERRATA VOLUME II.
- SPANISH BOOKS, PUBLISHED BY BOOSEY AND SONS, BROAD STREET, EXCHANGE.
- Elementary Works in the Spanish Language.
- FOOTNOTES:
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