Guides: Alumni Travel Reading Lists 2020: Romance of the Douro River

History

The First Portuguese Republic by Miriam Pereira
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. DP675 .P377
ISBN: 9781845199296
Publication Date: 2019
The first Portuguese Republic stood between 1910 and 1926. Overview of the achievements and the internal and international limitations resulting in its downfall.
Journey to Portugal by José Saramago et al.
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. DP526.5 .S2713
ISBN: 0151005877
Publication Date: 2001
Examines the country in its current period of transition and growth. An ode of love for a country and its rich traditions.
A Concise History of Portugal by David Birmingham
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. DP538 .B57
ISBN: 0521536863
Publication Date: 2003
Introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and to its search for economic modernization, political stability and international partnership.
Conquerors by Roger Crowley
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. JV4214 .C76
ISBN: 9780812994001
Publication Date: 2015
Tells the story of the emergence of Portugal, a small, poor nation that enjoyed a century of maritime supremacy thanks to the daring and navigational skill of its explorers.

Art

Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages by Rose Walker
Call Number: Fine Arts Library. N7103 .W35
ISBN: 1580442188
Publication Date: 2016
Examines Spanish and Portuguese art and architecture from the time of the Romans to the turn of the eleventh century. Includes a diverse range of academic studies.
Portuguese Modernisms by Steffen Dix et al.
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PQ9054 .P67
ISBN: 9781906540791
Publication Date: 2010
A look at modernism as a movement of the 20th century, a broad spectrum of work across many countries we must explore its diversity.
Art and Patronage in Eighteenth-Century Portugal by Angela Delaforce
Call Number: Fine Arts Library. N6846 .D34
ISBN: 0521571308
Publication Date: 2002
Explores the relationship between artists, patrons, collectors and connoisseurs in Portugal in the period. The book also discusses artistic theory and the role of the academies.

Fiction

Blindness by José Saramago
Call Number: Penn Libraries. PQ9281.A66 E6813
ISBN: 0156007754
Publication Date: 1999
A stunningly powerful novel of man's will to survive against all odds.
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PQ9261.P417 Z46213
ISBN: 9780811226936
Publication Date: 2017
Melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions.
The Painter of Birds by Lidia Jorge; Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PQ9272.O69 V2513
ISBN: 015100658X
Publication Date: 2001
The story of a daughter's longing for her absent father and her determination to piece together the past and the future.

Bibliographer

Bibliographer
Joe Holub, Latin American Studies Librarian

Selected and Annotated by
Mia Capozzoli, Liaison Services

Edited by Rebecca Stuhr
Director, Liaison Services

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Music

Portuguese Piano Music by Nancy Lee Harper
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. ML128.P3 H25
ISBN: 9780810882997
Publication Date: 2013
Historical record of Portuguese piano music from its start in the 18th century to the present.
A History of the Portuguese Fado by Paul Vernon
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. ML3719 .V47
ISBN: 1859283772
Publication Date: 1998
Traces the history and explains the meanings of this enigmatic and often misunderstood Fado music.

Visit the Madredeus official site to listen to some of the transporting music of this long established Lisbon based ensemble. Madredeus is also featured in the Wim Wenders film Lisbon Story.

Literature

From Lisbon to the World by George Monteiro
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PQ9261.P417 Z78215
ISBN: 9781845199388
Publication Date: 2018
Explores and interprets the world of Pessoa to English-speaking readers.
Reading Literature in Portuguese by Claudia Pazos Alonso et al.
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PQ9009.7 .R43
ISBN: 1907975624
Publication Date: 2013
Brings together textual commentaries on thirty representative works of literature in Portuguese.
A Repertoire of Contemporary Portuguese Poetry by Victor K. Mendes (Editor)
ISBN: 1933227087
Publication Date: 2008
Looks at nine poets as though the eyes of a younger generation of critics. Starting with authors publishing since 1961 and ending with those who debuted in the 1980.

Culture

The Portuguese by Marion Kaplan
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. DP538 .K362
ISBN: 1857548450
Publication Date: 2006
Combines history, geography, cultural study, and travelogue. An introduction to Portugal’s rich, turbulent history and people.
Contemporary Portugal by Antonio Costa Pinto (Editor)
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. DP517 .C668
ISBN: 0880339470
Publication Date: 2011
Introduction to the evolution of Portuguese politics, society and culture in the twentieth century.
Culture and Customs of Portugal by Carlos A. Cunha; Rhonda Cunha
Call Number: University Museum Library. DP533 .C85
ISBN: 9780313334405
Publication Date: 2010
Analysis of contemporary Portuguese culture from a historical perspective.

Food and Wine

Cinema

Fado and the Urban Poor in Portuguese Cinema of the 1930s And 1940s by Michael Colvin
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PN1993.5.P6 C59
ISBN: 185566299X
Publication Date: 2016
Study of the evolution of Fado music as the soundtrack to the Portuguese talkie. Analyzes successful Portuguese films from the first two decades of the Estado Novo era.
Portuguese Film, 1930-1960 by Patricia Vieira
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PN1993.5.P6 V55
ISBN: 9781623568634
Publication Date: 2013
Analysis of Portuguese feature films produced in the first three decades of the New State (Estado Novo), a right-wing totalitarian regime that lasted between 1933 and 1974.
The Cinema of Spain and Portugal by Alberto Mira et al.
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PN1993.5.S7 C55
ISBN: 1904764452
Publication Date: 2005
An overview of Spanish and Portuguese cinema, and includes films from the early era of cinema up to the present day.