The collection of sonnets known as "from the portuguese"are called that because
a. they were written while living in portugal
b. they were originally written in portugese
c. it was the author's husband's nickname for her
d. the author was born in portugal

The collection of sonnets known as "from the Portuguese"are called that because  C. It was the author's husband's nickname for her. The truth is that author did not want to publish her collection of sonnets using original title due to the fact she considered it too personal and private. But her husband insisted on sharing her works with the whole world and proposed to publish them as if  they were translations of foreign sonnets.