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Fernando Segolin contributed a long introductory essay about de Melo e Castro's poems. The first concrete poems in Portugal appeared in 1962 in a book entitled "Ideogramas." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents From the dust jacket: 'Until very recently, Portugal tended to be dismissed as England's oldest ally or simply to be added to the list of tourist paradises as "Europe's best-kept secret". This cosy image was shattered in April 1974 when a group of young army officers overthrew a dictatorship which had survived for forty-eight years in a bloodless coup which came to be called the Revolution of the Flowers, with the red carnation as its symbol.'In the Introduction to this first major anthology of contemporary Portuguese poetry to be published in England, Helder Macedo, Professor of Portuguese at the University of London, relates the poetry of the last forty years to Portugal's political development and describes the variety and challenge of a tradition which has been touched again and again by history. The work of thirty eight poets is featured-poets both from Portugal itself and from some of the African colonies. Much of the verse is overtly or covertly political. But not all. There...

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Surprisingly, there is no explcit information about concrete poetry in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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It is mentioned that Hatherly's work is held by the Sackner Archive (cited as Ruth and Marvin Archive). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A table of chronology of Portuguese concrete poetry included in this book indicates that it began in 1962 with publication of de Melo e Castro's book, "Ideogramas." The book reprints texts and correspondence from the early days of concrete poetry in Portugal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition commemorates death of Tavares 1922-1994. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is a history of Portuguese poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is also designated Separada da Revista Contravento No.2, probably signifying that this book was a supplement to the periodical. It includes a reproduction of the poet's most well known concrete poem, "Pendulo." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.