[RARE AVANTGARDE JOURNAL OF THE SEGUNDO MODERNISMO] Sinal: publica??o liter?ria [The sign: a literary publication]
Coimbra: Imprensa Académica, July 1930. Small quarto (25.5 ? 19 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers with two-color printed linocut; 22 pp. (including insides of wrappers) with an original graphic illustration and numerous linocut title headings. Binding with barely noticeable, export restoration; sporadically somewhat fox-stained; else very good. Rare sole issue of the avant-garde journal, which resulted from Branquinho da Fonseca's departure from the periodical ?Presen?a?, which was of central importance for the Portuguese avant-garde (?Segundo Modernismo?). "Presen?a? was previously founded by Branquinho da Fonseca not only as an experimental and innovative publication in terms of typography and art, but above all as the medium of new Portuguese literature and poetry. Poems by Fernando Pessoa, who was not so well known during his lifetime and is now considered one of the most important poets in the Portuguese language, were published here for the first time. When Pessoa died in 1935, ?Presen?a? printed a special issue in his honor with tributes and excerpts from Pessoa's letters. However, ?Presen?a? not only provided a forum for the avant-gardes of its own tongue, but also promoted experimental exchange across borders: texts by Proust, Gide, Joyce, Val?ry and contemporary Brazilian authors were made accessible to the Portuguese public for the first time in many cases. Furthermore, ?Presen?a? ensured that the earlier Orplieu generation was firmly established in the canon of Portuguese modernism. Today, Branquinho da Fonseca is best known as the author of the novel ?O Bar?o?, which is considered a Portuguese ?masterpiece of its genre? in literary history. (Cf. Gerhard Wild, Kindler Kompakt: Portugiesische Literatur 20 Jahrhundert, Heidelberg 2015, pp. 16?18 and 113?115). As of November 2024, OCLC lists only one copy in Portugal and none in North America.
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