WHEN DID NATURE STOP TALKING TO THE POET? PORTUGUESE POETRY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

This essay posits that Portuguese poetry of the second half of the 19th century represents an unbridged gulf within modernity. It separates the belief in a world embodied in nature, to which the Poet has access by reading the book of nature, on the one hand, and, on the other, a rising disbelief tha...

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Main Author: Helena Carvalhão Buescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2014-12-01
Series:Matraga
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Online Access:http://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/matraga/article/view/17488
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spelling doaj-d7b9ab95dfe643268e381a27f653bb4d2021-06-02T01:41:23ZengUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroMatraga1414-71652446-69052014-12-01213510148WHEN DID NATURE STOP TALKING TO THE POET? PORTUGUESE POETRY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURYHelena Carvalhão Buescu0Universidade de LisboaThis essay posits that Portuguese poetry of the second half of the 19th century represents an unbridged gulf within modernity. It separates the belief in a world embodied in nature, to which the Poet has access by reading the book of nature, on the one hand, and, on the other, a rising disbelief that the world is readable, or even that it may be viewed as a book. The death of God is a corollary of this loss of meaning.http://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/matraga/article/view/17488liber mundiinterpretaçãolegibilidade do mundo.
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WHEN DID NATURE STOP TALKING TO THE POET? PORTUGUESE POETRY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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title WHEN DID NATURE STOP TALKING TO THE POET? PORTUGUESE POETRY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
title_short WHEN DID NATURE STOP TALKING TO THE POET? PORTUGUESE POETRY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
title_full WHEN DID NATURE STOP TALKING TO THE POET? PORTUGUESE POETRY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
title_fullStr WHEN DID NATURE STOP TALKING TO THE POET? PORTUGUESE POETRY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
title_full_unstemmed WHEN DID NATURE STOP TALKING TO THE POET? PORTUGUESE POETRY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
title_sort when did nature stop talking to the poet? portuguese poetry in the second half of the 19th century
publisher Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
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publishDate 2014-12-01
description This essay posits that Portuguese poetry of the second half of the 19th century represents an unbridged gulf within modernity. It separates the belief in a world embodied in nature, to which the Poet has access by reading the book of nature, on the one hand, and, on the other, a rising disbelief that the world is readable, or even that it may be viewed as a book. The death of God is a corollary of this loss of meaning.
topic liber mundi
interpretação
legibilidade do mundo.
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