Portuguese and Brazilian Literature: Library and Internet Research Guide for Junior Essay and Senior Thesis Writers

5. Bibliographies and Bibliographical Guides

Portugal

Chamberlain, Bobby J. Portuguese language and Luso-Brazilian literature: an annotated guide to selected reference works. New York, N.Y.: Modern Language Association of America, 1989.
Widener: RR2998.401

Kunoff, Hugo. Portuguese literature from its origins to 1990: a bibliography based on the collections of Indiana University. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Widener: RR 3262.5

Moisés, Massaud. Bibliografia da literatura portuguêsa; colaboração de: Herti Hoeppner Feira, Neusa Dias Macedo, Yara Frateschi Vieira. São Paulo, Ed. Saraiva, Ed. da Universidade, 1968.
Widener: Port 4030.8

Covers "Trovadorismo, 1198-1418 to Modernismo, 1915-actualidade." A general bibliography of Portuguese literature from earliest times to modern times. Arranged by period, then by literary genre. The subsections on individual authors include both their own writings and critical works about the authors.

Moser, Gerald M. A new bibliography of the lusophone literatures of Africa = Nova bibliografia das literaturas africanas de expressão portuguesa / Gerald Moser & Manuel Ferreira. 2nd completely rev. and expanded ed. London; New Jersey: H. Zell Publishers, 1993.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9900.Z99 M673 1993x

Parts devoted to general bibliographies and national literatures of Angola, Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, S. Tomé & Príncipe Islands, divided into sections on oral literature, creative writing and literary history and criticism.

PhiloBiblon. Berkeley, Calif.: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Bibliographic database of medieval literary texts produced on the Iberian Peninsula, consisting of three component bibliographies: BETA (Bibliografía Española de textos antiguos); BITAGAP (Bibliografia de textos antigos Galegos e Portugueses); and: BITECA (Bibliografia de textos Catalans antics). Electronic bibliographies of Medieval Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish texts. Also issued in a CD-ROM version (Widener: Harvard Depository CD-ROM RR 168 RBS)

Rela, Walter. Literatura brasileña: bibliografía selecta, del barroco a las vanguardias. Montevideo, Uruguay: Ediciones El Galéon, [1992]
Widener: WID-LC Z1681 .R45 1992

Includes national and regional bibliographies, then lists national and regional sources by genre, along with dictionaries, essays, histories, anthologies and criticism.

Two versions of the following bibliography are available:

Romanische Bibliographie [electronic resource] 2000-
Tübingen: M. Niemeyer Verlag,
Widener: CD-ROM RR 173 RBS

Romanische Bibliographie. 1876-
Tübingen: [s.n.]
Widener: Philol 375 (for 1875-1883); Widener: Philol 375.3 for 1884-

Authoritative annual bibliography of books, articles and book chapters in romance languages and literatures. Each year vol. 1 covers language and linguistics and vol. 2 covers literature.

 
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Brazil

Autores brasileiros: biobibliografias / [coordenação, Angela Barros Montez]. Rio de Janeiro: Ministério da Cultura, Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Departamento Nacional do Livro, 1998-
Widener: WID-LC PQ9527 .A93 1998

Brief biographies and lists of principal works.

Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies. Boston: G.K. Hall. 1978 to date.
Widener: Harvard Depository Ref 675.38.15

Annual guide incorporating the items cataloged during the year for the Benson Latin American Collection, a major Latin American collection, and additional titles from the Library of Congress. Provides access in one alphabet by author, title, and subject. Supplements the Catalog of the Latin American Collection of the University of Texas at Austin and online catalog.

Biblioteca Nacional (Brazil) Modernismo brasileiro: bibliografía, 1918-1971 / Biblioteca Nacional; organizada por Xavier Placer. Rio de Janeiro: Divisão de Publicações e Divulgação, 1972.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9553.Z99 B72 x, 1972

In addition to reference works, anthologies, literary histories, etc., this listing includes publications in philology, art, history and culture, and journals and journal articles related to the period.

Dickenson, John P. Brazil. Rev. ed. Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1997.
Widener: WID-LC F2508.Z99 D53 1997x

Part of the World Bibliographical Series, this work provides an annotated survey of the recent literature of Brazil. Chapters devoted to history, literature, political and economic topics, the arts, etc. A bibliographies section of more general works is included.

Forster, Merlin H. Vanguardism in Latin American literature: an annotated bibliographical guide / compiled by Merlin H. Forster and K. David Jackson, with the collaboration of Margo Milleret and John F. Day. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Widener: WID-LC PQ7081.Z99 F67 1990x

General sources covering several national literatures followed by country listings. Reference works, sources from the period (journals), individual works and critical studies. Useful cross-listing of entries.

Foster, David William. Brazilian literature: a research bibliography / David William Foster, Walter Rela. New York: Garland Pub., 1990.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ9511.Z99 F67 1990x

Includes general reference listings (literary dictionaries, histories, general studies on various periods, genres students, etc.) and works on individual authors.

Foster, David William. Latin American writers on gay and lesbian themes: a bio- critical sourcebook / Edited by David William Foster; Emmanuel S. Nelson, advisory editor. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
Widener: WID-LC PQ7081.3 .F62 1994

Signed articles covering 130 twentieth-century authors with principal works and critical sources included.

Handbook of Latin American literature. New York: Garland Pub., 1987.
Widener: RR3212.9; Lamont REF.ROOM PQ7081.A1 H36 1987

General references followed by chapters on the literatures of various countries: long survey articles with bibliographies appended to each article.

Hartness, Ann. Brasil, obras de referência, 1965-1998: uma bibliografia comentada. Brasília, DF Briquet de Lemos Livros, 1999.
Widener: WID-LC F2508.Z99 H37317 1999x

Covers a wide range of sources in many fields, with useful annotations for each work.

Hartness, Ann. Brazil in reference books, 1965-1989: an annotated bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1991.

Contains more extensive coverage of sources in the humanities, social sciences and fine arts, although other topics are included.

Hilton, Sylvia L. Fuentes manuscritas para la historia de Iberoamérica: guía de instrumentos de Investigación / Sylvia L. Hilton, Ignacio González Casasnovas. Madrid: Fundación Histórica Tavera, 1997.
Widener: WID-LC F1412.Z99 H55 1995x and Suppl.

Listings of catalogs or articles and books describing collections and catalogs of major manuscript repositories. Supplement's Appendix updates listing of periodicals about Latin American history published in other countries.

Moraes, Rubens Borba de. Bibliografia brasileira do período colonial; catálogo comentado da obras dos autores nascidos no Brasil e publicadas antes de 1808. São Paulo, 1969.
Widener: WID-LC Z1672 .M6 1969x

Illustrated with facsimiles of title pages.

Rela, Walter. A bibliographical guide to Spanish American literature: twentieth-century sources / compiled by Walter Rela; foreword by David William Foster. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Widener: RR3216.7

Silva, Maria Regina Tavares da. A mulher: bibliografia portuguesa anotada: monografias, 1518-1998 / Maria Regina Tavares da Silva; prefácio de Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo. Lisboa: Ediçãoes Cosmos, 1999.
Widener: Ordered--received; request via online form

Sponsored by the Comissão para a Igualdade e para os Direitos das Mulheres. Introduction explores perspectives on the term, mulher. Listings by authors and by themes comprise the volume.

University of New Mexico. General Library. Brazilian Small Press Collection. Shelflist of the Brazilian Small Press Collection, University of New Mexico General Library / introduced by Todd Hollister & Russ Davidson. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, General Library, 1991.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9553.Z99 U55 1991x

A shelflist (reproduction of catalog cards) for UNM's small press collection, containing many unique materials. Texts on genres, history and criticism, biographies, bibliographies, broadsides and ephemera are represented. Publishers include local literary societies, writers' cooperatives, private and alternate presses.

Zubatsky, David S. Latin American literary authors: an annotated guide to Bibliographies. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
Widener: WID-LC PQ7081.Z99 Z83 x, 1986

Mostly devoted to personal bibliographies of authors (their works or works about them and their works). General sources and sources on individual countries complete the volume.

Luso-Brazilian Sources

Massi, Fernanda. Guia biobibliográfico dos brasilianistas: obras e autores editados no Brasil entre 1930 e 1988 / Fernanda Peixoto Massi, Heloísa André Pontes; com a colaboração de Maria Cecília Spina Forjaz. São Paulo, SP: Editora Sumaré, 1992.
Widener: WID-LC F2508.Z99 M37 1992x

Bio-bibliography: biographical sketch with brief summary of a major work.

Moser, Gerald M. A new bibliography of the lusophone literatures of Africa = Nova bibliografia das literaturas africanas de expressão portuguesa / Gerald Moser & Manuel Ferreira. 2nd completely rev. and expanded ed. London; New Jersey: H. Zell Publishers, 1993.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9900.Z99 M673 1993x

Sequel to: Bibliografia das literaturas africanas de expressão portugues (1983).

Porter, Dorothy Burnett. Afro-Braziliana: a working bibliography. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1978.
Widener: WID-LC F2659.N4 Z996 x; Tozzer: REF F 2659.N4 Z992 1978

Lists works in American repositories. Extensive, authoritative bibliography on a wide range of subjects in the humanities, sciences and social sciences.

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