No contexto das celebrações do suposto nascimento de Luís de Camões, repensar o desen-volvimento do poema épico em Portugal torna-se particularmente oportuno. A crítica já iden-tificou e analisou os elementos intertextuais entre Mensagem e Os Lusíadas. Este contributo não pretende refletir especificamente sobre heranças e transfigurações clássicas no poema de Fernando Pessoa; antes, convoca as discussões sobre a nova forma do poema épico que então decorriam no âmbito da crítica inglesa, em particular em torno do ensaio de Lascelles Abercrombie, The Epic: An Essay (1914). Os seus princípios, sobretudo quando lidos em arti-culação com as reflexões de Edgar Allan Poe, podem talvez ajudar a compreender a proposta de épica modernista oferecida por Pessoa e a identificar uma arquitectura modelar na própria Mensagem.
In the context of the celebrations of the supposed birth of Luís de Camões, rethinking the development of the epic poem in Portugal becomes particularly timely. Critics have already identified and analysed the intertextual elements between Mensagem and Os Lusíadas. This contribution does not aim to reflect specifically on classical inheritances and transfigurations in Fernando Pessoa’s poem; rather, it calls upon the debates on the new form of the epic poem that were then unfolding within English criticism, particularly around Lascelles Abercrom-bie’s essay The Epic: An Essay (1914). Its principles, especially when read in relation to the reflections of Edgar Allan Poe, may help to illuminate the modernist epic proposed by Pessoa and to identify a modelled architectural structure within Mensagem itself.
Senhor, falta cumprir-se Portugal!": Épica, nova épica e Modernismo em Mensagem
Tocco Valeria
2026-01-01
Abstract
In the context of the celebrations of the supposed birth of Luís de Camões, rethinking the development of the epic poem in Portugal becomes particularly timely. Critics have already identified and analysed the intertextual elements between Mensagem and Os Lusíadas. This contribution does not aim to reflect specifically on classical inheritances and transfigurations in Fernando Pessoa’s poem; rather, it calls upon the debates on the new form of the epic poem that were then unfolding within English criticism, particularly around Lascelles Abercrom-bie’s essay The Epic: An Essay (1914). Its principles, especially when read in relation to the reflections of Edgar Allan Poe, may help to illuminate the modernist epic proposed by Pessoa and to identify a modelled architectural structure within Mensagem itself.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
