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This collection of original essays traces the history of Portuguese literature from the medieval period to the present, providing provocative new interpretations of this previously neglected literary history.The volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to Portuguese literature to students new to the field, and provides new insight into the ongoing controversies on the subject.The Introduction and Afterword explore the relationship between literary history and revisionism. ... Read more

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Dr. Conlon offers a superb selection of Renaissance Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese plays in translation, each accompanied by an introduction to the author and his works and their cultural milieu. These introductions are scholarly yet inviting, very effectively conveyed in an elegant prose style, endowed with fascinating detail and written with exuberance and flair. This anthology achieves a totality of vision of the Renaissance Mediterranean theater, its ideologies - artistic, religious, social and political - and its reach. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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Da Gama, Cary Grant, and the Election of 1934 is the story of an election for mayor in a Massachusetts mill town in 1934 as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old Portuguese boy, Seraphin. The incumbent, a Yankee, is challenged by candidates from five different ethnic groups—Irish, French Canadian, Polish, Portuguese, and Jewish. A portrait of each candidate is subtly drawn and we meet campaign workers like Teddy, who has enlisted to help secure a teaching position for his daughter, and Jimmy, a numbers runner who proudly passes out cards announcing his appointment as Assistant Campaign Manager, North End.

But the novel is more than just the story of an election. The specter of the Depression hovers over every scene. Laura, SeraphinÂ’s big sister, describes her job as a fruit-store clerk in every excruciatingly painful detail. And the allure of America is always present for Seraphin in his desire and longing to lead an American life. America also affects the remarkable Secundo B. Alves, the Portuguese candidate. SecundoÂ’s memories of the Azores are honest, authentic, and touching. But when he is defeated in the primary, he quickly bounces back as a supporter of the FrenchmanÂ’s candidacy and rewrites his Vasco Da Gama imagery. Secundo is showing the adaptability it takes to succeed in America. Da Gama, Cary Grant, and the Election of 1934 is a valuable historical document and an artistic triumph. ... Read more

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"Sadlier's study of women writers in Portugal after the 1974 revolution is a useful contribution to a neglected European literature, in which women are making a forceful contribution; and it is one of the few sources of such information in English. . . . Works analyzed include the famous Novas Cartas Portuguesas (Lisbon, 1972) by Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, and Maria Velho da Costa, Xerazade e os outros (Lisbon, 1964) by Fernanda Botelho, Lidia Jorge's O Dia dos Prodigios (2nd ed., 1980), Helia Correia's Montedemo (Lisbon, 1983), and Teolindo Gersao's O Silencio (1981). These studies are followed by an appendix on the background of women's rights and feminism in Portugal. Although Sadlier has chosen these works because of their common tradition of literary modernism and aesthetic experimentation, her readings are descriptive rather than theoretical and provide an excellent introduction to representative works and themes of major contemporary women writers." Choice ... Read more

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Portuguese water dogs have boundless energy, and they're loyal and loving too. Learn all about this breed, from its keen smarts and good-looking coat to its hisotry as a fishing dog in Portugal. ... Read more

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You just have to check out this great book on the Portuguese Water Dog, an "overgrown fluff ball!"
Choosing the "perfect" dog for your family can be a daunting task.Everything from the way a dog looks, acts, its size and its activity level needs to be taken into account.When President Obama's family considered getting a dog, it was a very serious process.Perhaps welcoming a dog into the household is not as complicated as foreign policy, but important nonetheless.Hmmmm. . .a dog that is big.That's fine.How about a dog with a lot of energy?Well, the Obama family is energetic.How about a dog that is "playful and curious?"Sounds really good because Sasha and Malia would enjoy that.How about a dog "with lots of smarts and true-blue loyalty?"Senator Ted Kennedy loved this breed and gave them a pup because. . .Portuguese Water Dogs are the BEST!

This gorgeous dog looks a little like an "overgrown fluff ball."They come in an assortment of colors, but Bo, the Obama PWD, is predominantly black with white markings.In this book you will learn about their super swimming ability, how the Obama's chose the name "Bo" for their PWD, you'll learn they are very family oriented, they are in the "working dog" category, their origins, you'll meet a rare peanut-sniffing dog, you'll see a photograph of Senator Kennedy with his two PWDs, you'll learn how much exercise they need, what type of family they do best with, their physical characteristics, what items you'll need to have when you welcome one into your home, the importance of veterinarian care, what to feed them and more!

I loved reading this book about the Portuguese Water dog so much I think I read it at least three times.The way it is set up is very appealing and it is obvious that the book was well researched and accurate.There are a few scattered, informative sidebars throughout the book and it is peppered with lots of "I just gotta have this dog" photographs.The author does stress the need for a proper family fit and this dog may not be for everyone.In the back of the book is an index, a glossary and additional recommended book and website resources. Do you know what Michelle Obama's father's nickname was?If you do, you may know why they named their PWD "Bo!" ... Read more

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The Border: The Future of Postmodernity
Linking concepts of the border and postmodernism, these essays explore some of the key thematics of contemporary intellectual life. Regional versus national culture, the relationship of indigenous sources to the cultural politics of a centrist state, and the creation of a tradition of the literary essay are just some of the topics covered here. The author organizes his thought on a model derived from linguistics, cultural anthropology, political economy, and cultural criticism.
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A novel set in Lisbon in 1986, in which the author and the narrator are different people. The image of Janus at the crossroads, looking back and forward, to the past and the future, runs though the book. ... Read more

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A selection from a literary genre little known outside its geographical area is here translated into English, providing information about the work of some writers in this field, and extending modern Galician literature beyond the confines of the Spanish State. It forms part of a growing awareness among Hispanists and Luso-Brazilian scholars of the other Iberian languages with their corresponding cultures: Galician, Catalan and Basque. With the emerging of these three national autonomies, the nature of the "Spanish" canon has been undergoing revision, and should continue to do so. ... Read more

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