Song of Exile

Joshua Alma Enslen is an associate professor of Portuguese at West Point, where he directs the Portuguese program. He holds a PhD in Romance languages from the University of Georgia and a postdoctoral certificate of studies from the Materialities of Literature program at the University of Coimbra. His visual literary studies on "Song of Exile," created in collaboration with the artist Alaina Enslen, have been featured in solo exhibitions at the University of Coimbra's historic Museum of Science; at FOLIO 2016 in Obidos, Portugal; and at the University of Lisbon's Caleidoscopio.

Acknowledgments Chapter One: "Minha terra tem palmeiras" : A Brief Introduction to Brazil's Most Popular Poem Chapter Two: "Adeus Coimbra inimiga": Precedents and Contexts Chapter Three: "Onde canta o rouxinol": Early Portuguese Responses Chapter Four: "Onde canta o periquito": The First Republic to the Vargas Era (1889-1945) Chapter Five: "Minha terra so tem tanques": The Military Regime (1964-1985) Chapter Six: "As sirenes que aqui apitam": Twenty-First-Century Songs of Exile (1999-2015) Chapter Seven: "Sou ali": Variations by Female Authors (1867-2015) Chapter Eight: "As aves que aqui twittam": Twitter, Instagram, and Beyond Chapter Nine: The Word, the Database, and the Algorithm Afterword: Literary Research as Data Art: An Experiment in Critical Reading (Manuel Portela) Appendix: Table of 500 Texts Notes Works Cited Index