Portuguese-language Literature is found in UO Libraries, mainly in the Knight Library, at PQ9000-9999 with general literature including literary criticism in PN1-6790. These numbers refer to a Library of Congress Call Number range. To learn more about finding books by call numbers, visit the "Buscar libros: How to read an LC Call Number" information in this guide. We also have a number of e-books containing or about Portuguese literature including literature from Portugal, Brazil, and Lusophone Africa, which may or may not have assigned call numbers in LibrarySearch.
You can find print and e-books by searching using LCSH, or LC Subject Headings. To learn more about LCHS, visit the "Using LC Subject Headings to Search" and "About LCSH subdivisions" in this guide. Try using some of these LCSH in your searches:
Tip: Use the Language filter in your search to also limit by language. You may also wish to limit to "Available Print at UO" and "UO eResources". Here's an example:
These databases and library catalogs will help you to track down original works and critical studies of Spanish or Portuguese literature from around the world.
Voices from an Empire: A History of Afro-Portuguese Literature by
The literature of the various regions of Lusophone Africa has received relatively little critical attention compared with that which has been focused on the work of writers in the English- and French- speaking countries of Africa. With the profound changes which are occurring in the social and political structures of Lusophone Africa, there is particular need for the comprehensive look at Afro-Protuguese literature which this account provides. Professor Hamilton traces the development of this literature in the broad perspective of it social, cultural, and aesthetic context. He discusses the whole of the Afro-Portuguese literary phenomenon, as it occurs on the Cape Verde archipelago, in Guinea-Bissau, on the Guinea Gulf islands of Sao Tome and Principe, in Angola, and in Mozambique. In an introduction he discusses some basic questions about Afro-Protuguese literature, among them, the matter of a definition of this body of writing, the implications of the concept of negritude, the role of Portugal and Brazil in Afro-Portuguese literature, and the social and cultural significance of the dominant literary themes found in the various regions of Lusophone Africa. Because he sees the regionalist movement in Angola as the most significant in terms of a neo-African orientation, he begins the book with an extensive study of the literature of that country. Many examples of afro-Portuguese poetry are given, both in the original language and in the English translation. There is a bibliography, and a map shows the African regions of study.
Luso-American Literature: Writings by Portuguese-Speaking Authors in North America by
Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also established vibrant communities in the U.S. This anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the writings of these diverse Portuguese-speaking, or "Luso-American" voices. Historically linked by language, colonial experience, and cultural influence, yet ethnically distinct, Luso-Americans have often been labeled an "invisible minority." This collection seeks to address this lacuna, with a broad mosaic of prose, poetry, essays, memoir, and other writings by more than fifty prominent literary figures--immigrants and their descendants, as well as exiles and sojourners. It is an unprecedented gathering of published, unpublished, forgotten, and translated writings by a transnational community that both defies the stereotypes of ethnic literature, and embodies the drama of the immigrant experience.
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