A reference work, well written, highly readable and useful.

Le Gentil's work (1875–1953) began with the 12th century and ended in the 1930s. It has lost none of its relevance. The endearing personality of this master is present in these pages: here we find the clarity of thought, the sharpness of line, the elegance of expression that, it was said, made his teaching so charming. Here the professor is less a historian than a critic: he does not refrain from judging, and he does not feel obliged to provide complete reviews, which sometimes make this kind of work unreadable.
Robert Bréchon (1920), author of various works of literary criticism and a specialist on Pessoa, whose publisher in France and biographer he was, completed this brilliant history of Portuguese literature with six new chapters, from 1934 to the death of Miguel Torga (1995).

Publisher: Chandeigne