Pedro da Silveira, investigador-cabouqueiro de novas literaturas: três exemplos e algumas adendas

Abstract

Although this is not his best-known facet, Pedro da Silveira was a notable researcher who made important discoveries, generously shared and not always properly recognized. In this article, I present three examples that had repercussions on other literatures: Brazilian literature (with the discovery of the codex «Manual de Obras», attributed to the eighteenth-century poet Cláudio Manuel da Costa), Angolan literature (with the identification, in the pages of a newspaper, of the novella Nga Muturi, by Alfredo Troni), and the Azorean literature (with the publication of a series of texts by ancient authors in the Antologia de poesia açoriana). For all these fields, I will present new elements, thus demonstrating the persistence of Pedro da Silveira's legacy and example