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SIMÕES (João Gaspar). CRÍTICA. II (Poetas Contemporâneos). Lisboa. s.d. - SIMÕES (João Gaspar) CRÍTICA. II (Poetas Contemporâneos) . Lisboa: Delfos, s.d. 2 v.; 195 mm. First edition. Criticism II - Contemporary Poets is the second section of the Criticism series by João Gaspar Simões (Figueira da Foz, 1903 - Lisbon, 1987), co-founder of Presença and a central figure in 20th-century Portuguese literary criticism. The series, begun in 1942 with Criticism I (Contemporary Prose and Novels) and concluded in 1985 with Criticism VI (Contemporary Theatre), brought together in six volumes – seven, if we count the two volumes of Criticism II – the author's critical production scattered across Portuguese and Brazilian newspapers and magazines over decades, constituting the most extensive and systematic body of literary criticism of 20th-century Portuguese literature. The two volumes of Contemporary Poets cover poetry criticism published between 1938 and 1961, encompassing practically all Portuguese poetry of the period – from neo-realism to surrealism, from the Orpheu generation to the poets of Presença and their contemporaries. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate