A literary dictionary with signed articles on authors, genres,
movements, terms and themes in Portuguese, Galician, and Brazilian
literature. Previously edited by J. do P. Coelho under the title:
Dicionário das literaturas portuguesa, galega e brasileira.
Dicionário de literatura portuguesa
/ Alvaro Manuel Machado (organização e direcção).1a.
ed. Lisboa: Editorial Presença, 1996.
Widener: RR 3268.15
Bio-bibliography; author entries followed by "Periodologia"
section describing literary and cultural movements in Portugal.
Dicionário do romantismo literário português
/ coordenação de Helena Carvalhão Buescu; [revisão,
francisco Paiva Boléo]. Lisboa: Caminho, 1997.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9052 .D53 1997
Entries on individual authors, literary concepts and themes and on
romanticism in other national literatures.
Dictionary of Brazilian literature / Irwin
Stern, editor-in-chief. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Widener: RR 3282.15
Purports to cover the "most significant writers, literary schools
and related cultural movements in Brazilian literary history,"
with an emphasis on twentieth century and contemporary figures. Introduction:
"Brazilian Literature in Cultural Perspective," and chronology
of events, 1500-1987.
Dictionary of the literature of the Iberian peninsula.Westport.:
Greenwood Press, 1993. 2v.
Widener: RR3198
Includes literature from the tenth century to the mid-1980s, with representatives
from Catalan, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish literatures. Primary
texts and criticism noted for each entry.
Enciclopédia de literatura brasileira
/ direção, Afrânio Coutinho, J. Galante de Sousa.
2. ed. rev., ampliada, atual. e ilustrada sob a coordenação
de Graça Coutinho e Rita Moutinho.São Paulo: Global Editora;
[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]: Fundação Biblioteca Nacional/DNL:
Academia Brasileira de Letras, 2001.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9506 .E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Latin American literature.
London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
Widener: RR 3218.10
Lamont: REF.ROOM PQ7081.A1 E56 1997
This one-volume work contains articles on writers, works, topics along
with survey articles on the literatures of individual countries. Lists
of works following each article include biographies, selected works,
editions, further reading, some interviews and bibliographies.
Foster, David William. A dictionary of contemporary Brazilian
authors / compiled by David William Foster and Roberto Reis.
Tempe: Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University, 1981.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9506 .F6 1981
Foster, David William. Modern Latin American literature
/ compiled and edited by David William Foster, Virginia Ramos Foster.
New York: Ungar, 1975. 2 v.
Widener: RR3212.15
A compilation of international critical commentary, "presenting
twentieth-century Latin American writers through the eyes of leading
critics in their own countries and abroad, with particular stress on
their reception in the United States." Articles from Spanish journals
are translated into English; other excerpts from commentaries are from
English-language sources. The core list includes 137 writers and selections
from commentaries are from books on individual authors or books dealing
with themes of several writers, literary histories, encyclopedias, academic
periodicals, literary reviews and book reviews.
Gomes, Aldónio. Dicionário de autores de literaturas
africanas de língua portuguesa / Aldónio Gomes,
Fernanda Cavacas. 2. ed. Lisboa: Caminho, 1997.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9900.A52 G66 1997
Bio-bibliography of 20th century Lusophone authors.
Handbook of Latin American literature / compiled
by David William Foster. New York: Garland Pub., 1987.
Widener: RR 3212.9; Lamont: REF.ROOM PQ7081.A1 H36 1987
General works followed by chapters on the literatures of various countries:
long survey articles (in English) and briefly annotated bibliographies
of critical work. For more extensive bibliographies, see Foster, Manual
of Hispanic Bibliography (Part 5 of this guide).
Lockhart, Darrell B. Jewish writers of Latin America: a dictionary.
New York: Garland Pub., 1997.
Widener: WID-LC PQ7081.3 .L63 1997x
Includes, among other, major writers of Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.
Biographical sketch and discussions of works and themes. Selective general
bibliography.
Latin American writers. New York: Scribner,
1989. 3 v.
Widener: RR 3219. 20; Lamont: REF.ROOM PQ7081.A1 L37 1989
Introductions to Spanish American and Brazilian literature are followed
by a chronological table of literary and political events from 1415-1987.
Entries contain brief biographical information, a description of the
writer’s production and bibliography.
Latin American writers. Supplement I. New York
: Scribner's Sons, c2002.
Widener: RR 3219.20.1
Author entries with selected bibliographies of primary and secondary
works, including translations.
Luft, Celso Pedro. Literatura portuguesa e brasileira.
Porto Alegre: Editora Globo, 1979.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9006 .L8 1979
Introductory source with short entries and bibliographies. First and
2d eds. published as: Dicionário de literatura portuguesa e brasileira.
Menezes, Raimundo de. Dicionário literário
brasileiro / Raimundo de Menezes; pref., Antonio Candido;
apresentação da 2. ed., José Aderaldo Castello. 2.
ed., rev., aumentada e atualizada.Rio de Janeiro: Livros Técnicos
e Científicos Editora, 1978.
Widener: WID-LC PQ9527 .M39 1978
Bio-bibliography with useful appendices: pseudonymns dictionary and
"Ismos literários, excolas e academias.
Sources on History, Politics and Culture
Portugal
Birmingham, David. A concise history of Portugal.
2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Widener: WID-LC DP538 .B57 2003x
Dicionário de história de Portugal
/ dirigido por Joel Serrão. Porto: Livraria Figueirinhas, 1981-
Widener: WID-LC DP535 .D5 1981
Entries on prominent figures, political institutions and parties, historical
terms, wars, treaties, etc. Illustrated.
Dicionário enciclopédico da história
de Portugal. [Lisbon]: Publicações Alfa, 1993.
Widener: WID-LC DP535 .D515 1993 F
Signed articles with short bibliographies and illustrations.
História de Portugal / direcção
de José Mattoso. [Lisboa]: Editorial Estampa, [1993-1994]
Widener : WID-LC DP538 .H57 1993
Illustrated eight-volume set with bibliographies after each chapter.
Contents: v. 1. Antes de Portugal -- v. 2. A monarquia feudal (1096-1480)
-- v. 3. No alvorecer da modernidade (1480-1620) -- v. 4. O antigo regime
(1620-1807) -- v. 5. O liberalismo (1807-1890) -- v. 6. A segunda fundação,
1890-1926 -- v. 7. O estado novo (1926-1974) -- v. 8. Portugal em transe,
1974-1985. Chronology.
Saraiva, José H. Portugal: a companion history
/ José Hermano Saraiva; edited and expanded by Ian Robertson and
L.C. Taylor. Manchester: Carcanet, 1997.
Widener: Harvard Depository DP538 .S273 1997
Compact, introductory source for English readers. Chronologies, historical
gazeteer, glossary and selective bibliography.
Wheeler, Douglas L. Historical dictionary of Portugal.
2nd ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002.
Widener: RR 3770.5
Entries accompanied by a chronology, appendices of monarchs, presidents
and prime ministers. Extensive bibliography on all aspects of Portuguese
studies.
Wilgus, A. Curtis (Alva Curtis). Latin America, Spain and
Portugal, a selected and annotated bibliographical guide to books published
in the United States, 1954-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow
Press, 1977.
Widener: RR 3653.22
Includes reference works and research guides, dictionaries, history,
government, politics, economics sources, biography and works on society
and culture.
Brazil
The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
/ general editors, Simon Collier, Thomas E. Skidmore, Harold Blakemore.
2nd ed. Cambridge [England];
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Widener: RR 3657.15; Kennedy Sch of Gov: Ref F1406 .C36 1992
The Cambridge history of Latin America / edited
by Leslie Bethell. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University
Press, 1984-
Widener: WID-LC F1410 .C1834x 1984
Widener: Harvard Depository F1410 .C1834 1984
Lamont: F1410 .C1834 1984; Tozzer: SPAN.AM. C 144
Authoritative survey of Latin America's history, published in eleven
volumes. Each chapter is accompanied by a significant bibliographic
essay. Contents: v. 1-2. Colonial Latin America -- v. 3. From independence
to c. 1870 -- v. 4-5. c. 1870 to 1930 -- v. 6. Latin America since 1930
: Economy, society and politics (in 2 pts.) -- v. 7. Latin America since
1930: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean -- v. 8. Latin America
since 1930: Spanish South America -- v. 9. Latin America since 1930
: Brazil : International relations -- v. 10. Latin America since 1930
: Ideas, culture and society -- v. 11. Bibliographical essays.
( **Note: Later editions published under separate titles. For a complete
listing, search the HOLLIS catalog via Browse Subject beginning
with…Cambridge history of Latin America).
Dicionário do Brasil colonial, 1500-1808
/ direção, Ronaldo Vainfas. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2000.
Widener: WID-LC F2504 .D48 2000x
Dicionário do Brasil imperial, 1822-1889 /
Ronaldo Vainfas, direção, [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]: Objetiva,
2002.
Widener: WID-LC F2536 .D527 2002
Companion volumes with brief entries and bibliographies. Illustrated.
Dicionário histórico-biográfico brasileiro,
1930-1983 / coordenação de Israel Beloch e Alzira
Alves de Abreu. la. ed.Rio de Janeiro-RJ: Forense-Universitária:
FINEP, 1984.
Widener: WID-LC F2504 .D53 1984
Biography, photographs, prominent figures, political groups, political
movements and systems. Bibliographies after each chapter.
Documentos do Brasil colonial / Inês
C. Inácia & Tania Regina de Luca..São Paulo: Editora
Ática, 1993.
Widener: Harvard Depository
Primary sources covering 1549-1822. Illustrated with facsimiles and
photographs.
Dutra, Francis A. A guide to the history of Brazil, 1500-1822:
the literature in English. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio,
1980.
Widener: WID-LC F2508. Z99 D87 x, 1980
Includes contemporary narratives from 1500-1700 and a host of
other topics.
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture /
Barbara A. Tenenbaum, editor in chief; associate editors, Georgette Magassy
Dorn ... [et al.].New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Reference Books; Macmillan
Library Reference USA; Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Widener: RR3657.20; Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. F1406 .E53 1996
Lamont: REF.ROOM F1406 .E53 1996; Tozzer: REF F1406 .E5 1996
Over 5300 entries including biographical articles, articles on national
topics clustered by country (such as Brazil: constitutions, organizations,
political parties, etc.
Encyclopedia of Latin American politics / edited
by Diana Kapiszewski; Alexander Kazan, assistant editor. Westport, Conn.:
Oryx Press, 2002.
Widener: RR 3657.10
Kennedy Sch of Gov: Ref F1406 .E56 2002
Arranged by country, with articles consisting of country profiles,
an overview of the country and its history and encyclopedic entries
on subjects and important political and literary figures. Excellent
bibliographies of general works and electronic resources, followed by
the same for each country.
Griffin, Charles C. (Charles Carroll). Latin America: a guide
to the historical literature. Austin, Published for the
Conference on Latin American History by the University of Texas Press
[1971]
Widener: RR 3651.16; Widener: SA 5.360
Arranged by periods and countries, it contains more than 7,000 annotated
entries, covering primary and secondary sources. Each section is prepared
and introduced by an expert in the field. Author index.
Henderson, James D. A reference guide to Latin American history.
Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
Widener: RR 3651.30
An encyclopedia of entries in a tripartite arrangement: (1) a general
chronology (chapters on different historical periods followed by chronology
of events by year); (2) a topical chronology treating society, politics
and government, economic development, culture (literature included)
and popular culture (cinema et al.) and other subjects; and (3) biographies
of 300 notable figures in Latin American history. Selected bibliography.
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
History and criticism arranged by literary period and by genre
followed by individual author bibliographies and a listing of serials.
Latin America and the Caribbean: a critical guide to research
sources / edited by Paula H. Covington. New York: Greenwood
Press, 1992.
Widener: RR 3653.8; Tozzer: REF F 1408.Z99 L26 1992
Latin American politics: a historical bibliography. Santa
Barbara, Calif: ABC-Clio Information Services, 1984.
Widener: RR 3653.21; Lamont: REF.ROOM F 1414.2.Z99 L37 x, 1984
Sources presented in a geographical arrangement, with books and articles
on many aspects of Latin American politics. Annotated.
Latin American studies: a basic guide to sources /
Robert A. McNeil, editor, Barbara G. Valk, associate editor. 2nd ed.,
rev. and enl. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
Widener: RR3651.173
Lamont: REF.ROOM F1408.Z99 L372 1990x; Tozzer: REF F 1408.Z99 L3 1990
Levine, Robert M. Brazil, 1822-1930: an annotated bibliography
for social historians. New York: Garland Pub., 1983.
Widener: WID-LC F2508.Z99 L48 x, 1983
Levine, Robert M. Brazil since 1930: an annotated bibliography
for social historians. New York: Garland Pub., 1980.
Widener: WID-LC F2508.Z99 L49 x, 1980; Tozzer: REF F 2508.Z99 L48 1980
Companion volumes listing reference works, general histories and historiographies,
works related to state and polity, economics, urban and rural Brazil,
society, culture and education. Short annotations.
Nova história de Portugal / direcção
de Joel Serrão e A.H. de Oliveira Marques.1. ed. Lisboa: Editorial
Presença, 1987-
Widener: WID-LC DP536 .N6 1987
Contents: v. 1. Portugal das origens à romanização
-- v. 2. Portugal das invasões germánicas à reconquista"
-- v. 3. Portugal em definição de fronteiras, 1096-1325
-- v. 4. Portugal na crise dos séculos XIV e XV -- v. 5. Portugal
do renascimento à crise dinástica -- v. 7. Portugal da
paz da Restauração ao ouro do Brasil -- v. 9. Portugal
e a instauração do liberalismo -- v. 11. Portugal da Monarquia
para a República -- v. 12. Portugal e o estado novo, 1930-1960.
Núñez, Benjamín. Dictionary of Afro-Latin
American civilization / Benjamín Núñez,
with the assistance of the African Bibliographic Center. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1980.
Widener: WID-LC F1408.3 .N86; Tozzer: REF F 1408.3 .N86 1980
Short entries, some documented, of terms related to the cultural influence
of Africa on Latin America.
Serrão, Joaquim Veríssimo. História
de Portugal. [Lisboa]: Editorial Verbo, 1977-
Widener: WID-LC DP538 .S47
Contents: v. 1. Estado, pátria e nação (1080-1415)
-- v. 2. Formação do Estado moderno (1415-1495) -- v.
3. O Século de Ouro (1495-1580) -- v. 4. Governo dos reis espanhóis
(1580-1640) -- v. 5. A Restauração e a monarquia absoluta
(1640-1750) -- v. 6. O despotismo iluminado (1750-1807) -- v. 7. A instauração
do liberalismo (1807-1832) -- v. 8. Do Mindelo á regeneração
(1832-1851) -- v. 9. O terceiro liberalismo -- v. 10. A queda da Monarquia
(1890- 1910) -- v. 11-12. A Primeira República (1910-1926) (2
v.) -- v. 13. Do 28 de maio ao Estado Novo (1926-1935) -- v. 14. Da
1a. Legislatura à visita presidencial aos Açores (1935-1941)
-- v. 15. Da guerra à morte do marechal Carmona (1941-1951).
Werlich, David P. Research tools for Latin American historians:
a select, annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Pub.,
1980.
Widener: RR3651.18
"This volume is a classified, annotated bibliography of almost
1,400 reference works, compendiums of source materials, and periodicals
useful to Latin American historians" (introduction).
