PLCS 28 (2015)
Fernando Pessoa as English Reader and Writer

“History of a Dictatorship”: An Unfinished Political Essay by the Young Fernando Pessoa

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  • José Barreto
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62791/ktbvnd20

Published 2016-09-22

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Abstract

ABSTRACT: The first part of this article reviews the materials from Pessoa’s literary remains associated with the book project from 1909 to 1910 titled “History of a Dictatorship.” These materials remain little known and mostly unpublished. The second part examines some central themes and theses of this unfinished political work and places them within the evolution of Pessoa’s thought.

KEYWORDS: Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese monarchy, João Franco dictatorship, Portuguese Republic, national decay, nationalism, Sebastianism

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