Table of Contents

1. Locating the Portuguese within the Body of Emergent American Literatures; 2. America Through the Eyes of the Educated Immigrant: Jose Rodrigues Migueis, Jorge de Sena and Onesimo T. Almeida; 3. Alfred Lewis as a Writer of Transition; 4. Lesser-Known American Voices of Portuguese Descent: Julian Silva, Thomas Braga and Charles Reis Felix; 5. Under the Spotlight of Critical Acclaim: The Writings of Frank Gaspar and Katherine Vaz

About the Author

Born in Portugal in 1961, Reinaldo Francisco Silva emigrated to America in 1967. He has lectured at Rutgers University, New York University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Seton Hall University, and is currently Assistant Professor of English at the University of Aveiro in Portugal. His most recent book, *Representations of the Portuguese in American Literature* was published by the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth in 2008.