
The Hour and the Fog
Epic discourse, will to power and the malaise of modernity in Fernando Pessoa's poem Mensagem
Francisco Silva(Author)
Our Knowledge Publishing
Published on 23. March 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-620-8-77377-9 (ISBN)
Description
When, back in 1912, Fernando Pessoa announced in his articles A Nova Poesia Portuguesa Sociologicamente Considerada and Reincidindo "the brief appearance of the Supra-Camões", he was imagining his triumphant appearance as the redeeming poet of a nation that had long hoped to see its glory days resurface. Twenty-two years before the publication of Mensagem, its author was already dreaming of a work that could surpass Os Lusíadas in Portugal's mythical-poetic imagination. However, this grandiose desire to be able to change reality would come up against severe "foggy" conditions, which would only allow him to transform hope into a dream, conceiving a new form of heroism, characterized by confronting the absurdity of reality.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
149 gr
ISBN-13
978-620-8-77377-9 (9786208773779)
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Ha conseguito il dottorato di ricerca in Letteratura comparata presso l'UFRN ed è attualmente professore EBTT presso l'EAJ-UFRN.