§ 1. _Gil Vicente_ 106
The sixteenth century--Gil Vicente’s first play (1502)--The year
and place of his birth--His life--Poet and goldsmith--His
_autos_--Types sketched in his _farsas_--Devotional plays, comedies
and tragicomedies--Origin of the drama in Portugal--Enzina’s influence
on Vicente--French influence--Other Spanish writers--Traditional
satire--Number of Vicente’s plays--Their character and that of their
author--His patriotism and serious purpose--His achievement and
influence in Spain and Portugal.
§ 2. _Lyric and Bucolic Poets_ 132
Bernardim Ribeiro--Cristovam Falcão--Sá de Miranda--D. Manuel de
Portugal--Diogo Bernardez--Frei Agostinho da Cruz--Antonio
Ferreira--Andrade Caminha--Sá de Meneses--Falcão de Resende--Jorge de
Montemôr--Fernam Alvarez do Oriente--Faria e Sousa--Francisco Rodriguez
Lobo.
§ 3. _The Drama_ 156
Gil Vicente’s successors--Anonymous plays--Afonso Alvarez--Antonio
Ribeiro Chiado--Balthasar Diaz--Anrique Lopez--Jorge Pinto--Antonio
Prestes--Jeronimo Ribeiro Soarez--Simão Machado--Francisco Vaz--Gil
Vicente de Almeida--Frei Antonio da Estrella--Classical drama: Sá de
Miranda--Antonio Ferreira--Camões--Jorge Ferreira de Vasconcellos.
§ 4. _Luis de Camões_ 174
Family of Camões--His birth and education--In North Africa--In
India--Return to Portugal--Last years and death--Camões as epic and
lyric poet--The _Lusiads_--Its critics--His greatness--Influence on
the language--His _Parnasso_--Camões and Petrarca--Later epic
poets--Corte Real--Pereira Brandão--Francisco de Andrade.
§ 5. _The Historians_ 190
Historians of India--Alvaro Velho --Lopez de
Castanheda--Barros--Couto--Corrêa--Bras de Albuquerque--Antonio
Galvam--Special narratives--Gaspar Fructuoso--Frei Bernardo de
Brito--Francisco de Andrade--Osorio--Bernardo da Cruz--Jeronimo
de Mendoça--Miguel de Moura--Duarte Nunez de Leam--Damião
de Goes--André de Resende--Manuel Severim de Faria--Faria e Sousa.
§ 6. _Quinhentista Prose_ 217
Vivid prose--_Historia Tragico-Maritima_. Travels: Duarte
Barbosa--Francisco Alvarez--Gaspar da Cruz--Frei João dos
Santos--Tenreiro--Mestre Afonso--Frei Gaspar de S. Bernardino--Manuel
Godinho--Fernam Mendez Pinto--Garcia da Orta--Pedro Nunez--Duarte
Pacheco--D. João de Castro--Afonso de Albuquerque--Soropita--Rodriguez
Silveira--Fernandez Ferreira--Francisco de Hollanda--Gonçalo Fernandez
Trancoso--Francisco de Moraes.
§ 7. _Religious and Mystic Writers_ 235
Mysticism--Frei Heitor Pinto--Arraez--Frei Thomé de Jesus--Frei
Luis de Sousa--Lucena--Preachers: Paiva de Andrade--Fernandez
Galvão--Feo--Luz--Calvo--Veiga--Ceita--Lisboa--Almeida--Alvarez--Samuel
Usque--Frei Antonio das Chagas--Manuel Bernardes.