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Poesias Completas
Paperback
Publisher Price: $24.95
ISBN13: 9781636524764
Publisher: Black Legacy Press
Published: Dec 1 2025
Pages: 346
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Poesias Completas brings together the full body of poetic work by Machado de Assis, one of the most influential figures in Brazilian and world literature. While widely celebrated for his novels and short stories, Machado's poetry reveals another dimension of his literary genius-marked by refinement, emotional restraint, irony, and philosophical depth.
Written across different stages of his life, these poems explore themes of love, time, disillusionment, mortality, faith, and the contradictions of human nature. Drawing from Romantic, Parnassian, and early realist influences, Machado's verse reflects his evolving worldview and mastery of language, form, and tone.
More subtle than his prose but equally incisive, Poesias Completas offers readers a deeper understanding of Machado de Assis's intellectual and artistic journey. This collection stands as an essential work for students, scholars, and lovers of classical poetry, showcasing the poetic foundations of one of literature's greatest minds.
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