Background
Fontes, Manuel Da Costa was born on July 2, 1945 in Altares, Terceira, Azores, Portugal. Came to the United States, 1961. Son of João Silveira and Filomena Augusta (Da Costa) Fontes.
(Folklore and Literature shows how modern folklore supplem...)
Folklore and Literature shows how modern folklore supplements an understanding of the early oral tradition and enhances the knowledge of the early literature. Besides documenting how writers incorporated folklore into their works, this book allows us to understand crucial passages whose learned authors took for granted a familiarity with the oral tradition, thus enabling us to restore those passages to their intended meaning. Studying the vicissitudes of oral transmission in great detail, this is the first book exclusively dedicated to the relationship between folklore and literature in a Luso-Brazilian context, taking into account the pan-Hispanic and other traditions as well.
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(Folklore and Literature shows how modern folklore supplem...)
Folklore and Literature shows how modern folklore supplements an understanding of the early oral tradition and enhances the knowledge of the early literature. Besides documenting how writers incorporated folklore into their works, this book allows us to understand crucial passages whose learned authors took for granted a familiarity with the oral tradition, thus enabling us to restore those passages to their intended meaning
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Fontes, Manuel Da Costa was born on July 2, 1945 in Altares, Terceira, Azores, Portugal. Came to the United States, 1961. Son of João Silveira and Filomena Augusta (Da Costa) Fontes.
Bachelor, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, 1969; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1975.
Assistant professor, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1975-1979; associate professor, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1979-1985; professor, Kent (Ohio) State University, since 1985.
(Folklore and Literature shows how modern folklore supplem...)
(Folklore and Literature shows how modern folklore supplem...)
Sergeant United States Marine Corps, 1964-1967. Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese, American Folklore Society, International Association Hispanists, Cervantes Society American, Society Cantigueiros Santa María.
Married Maria João Câmara, June 24, 1974. Children: Natacha, Ramiro.