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Textos e pretextos is a literary journal published by the Camões Institute, Lisbon, with the aim of providing an outlet for academic criticism on the most important characters of Lusophone authors. First launched in 2002, it has brought out bi-annual volumes focusing upon either individual authors or important theoretical concepts. Issue number 2 (2003) focuses on the concept of the mirror, while number 7 (2005) discusses the work of Chico Buarque. Each issue assists study by a detaile
