The religious poetry of the portuguese-brazilian new christian João Mendes da Silva
This essay aims to present and to study the religious poetry (partially unpublished) of the New Christian born in Rio de Janeiro João Mendes da Silva (1659-1736), father of the playwright António José. After a brief summary of his biography, I introduce his profane literary work and then the religio...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10216/120752 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/120752 |
| Summary: | This essay aims to present and to study the religious poetry (partially unpublished) of the New Christian born in Rio de Janeiro João Mendes da Silva (1659-1736), father of the playwright António José. After a brief summary of his biography, I introduce his profane literary work and then the religious one. Despite its not so good quality, this poetry is a valid cultural testimony (literary and Catholic) and represents a sad page of the Portuguese-Brazilian history that cannot be ignored. |
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