History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 2 of 2)

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.

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.

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.

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.