BOOK II.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 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 47
Causes of the continued cultivation of the Spanish language in Portugal 51
Religious and political character of the Portuguese during this period 54
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 59
Saa de Miranda 61
General character of his poems 63
His eclogues 66
His epistles 71
His spiritual poems 74
His popular songs, &c. 76
His two prose comedies 78
Gil Vicente 85
General character of his dramatic prose 87
His autos, or spiritual dramas 90
His comedies, in a peculiar signification of the term 99
His tragi-comedies 101
His farces 103
Ferreira 111
General character of his poetry 114
His correct style of sonnet composition 117
His odes 119
His elegies 122
His eclogues 125
His epistles ibid
His epigrams, &c. 130
His tragedy and his two prose comedies 132
Camoens 139
General character of his poetry 148
Character and analysis of the Lusiad 150
The other poetic works of Camoens 184
His sonnets 187
His canções 189
His odes 190
His elegies 192
His estancias 195
His eclogues 196
His poems in redondilhas, &c. 197
His dramas 200
Classical school of Saa de Miranda and Antonio Ferreira 208
Andrade Caminha 209
Bernardes 217
Cortereal 223
Other Portuguese poets of the sixteenth century--Ferreira de Vasconcellos--Rodriguez de Castro--Lobo de Soropita, &c. 225
Rodriguez Lobo 226
His Court in the Country 228
His pastoral romances 235
His miscellaneous poems 245
Imitation of the Spanish romances in Portugal 250
State of Portuguese eloquence in the sixteenth century 252
Romances and novels 253
Sà Sotomayor 254
Pires de Rebello 256
Progress of the historical art 258
Joaõ de Barros 260
Lopez de Castanheda--Damiaõ de Góes--Affonso d’Alboquerque 266
Bernardo de Brito 268
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 273
Portuguese sonnets of the seventeenth century 276
Faria e Sousa 277
His sonnets 279
His treatises on poetry 283
His eclogues and his theory respecting that species of composition 286
His commentary on the works of Camoens 288
Thomas de Noronha--comic sonnet poetry 290
Barbosa Bacellar 292
Torrezaõ Coelho 295
Freire de Andrada, an opponent of the Gongorists and Marinists 296
Further decline of Portuguese taste--Ribeiro de Macedo--Correa de la Cerda 302
Violante do Ceo 304
Didactic epistles of Alvares da Cunha 307
Jeronymo Bahia 308
Francisco Vasconcellos 311
Telles da Sylva and Nunez da Sylva 312
Other sonneteers--continued intervention of the Spanish language in Portuguese poetry 315
Portuguese eloquence during the seventeenth century 317
Romantic prose--Matheus Ribeyro--Castanheira Turacem 318
Historical prose--Freire Andrada’s biography of Joaõ de Castro 322
Portuguese treatises on poetry and rhetoric written during the seventeenth century 327