Mensagem

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Mensagem is a seminal poetry collection by Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa that reflects on Portugal’s history, identity, and mythic destiny.

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Mensagem canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Fernando Pessoa
awarded Antero de Quental Prize
awardingBody Secretariado de Propaganda Nacional
centralConcept Fifth Empire
countryOfOrigin Portugal
dedicatedTo António Ferro
firstEditionPrintRun limited
form short lyric poems
genre poetry
hasPart Brasão
Mar Português
O Encoberto
influenced 20th-century Portuguese poetry
literaryMovement Modernism
literarySignificance canonical work in Fernando Pessoa's oeuvre
seminal work of Portuguese literature
meter varied
notablePoem Mar Português
O Encoberto
O Infante
linked to: O Infante Santo

O Mostrengo
numberOfPoems 44
originalLanguage Portuguese
periodOfComposition 1920s–1930s
placeOfPublication Lisbon
publicationYear 1934
publisher Parceria António Maria Pereira
references Dom Sebastião
Infante Dom Henrique
linked to: Henry the Navigator

Portuguese kings
linked to: Kings of Portugal

Portuguese navigators
Vasco da Gama
myth of the Fifth Empire
rhetoricalMode prophetic
symbolic
structure three-part collection
subjectMatter reinterpretation of Portuguese past
vision of Portugal's future
theme Age of Discoveries
linked to: Age of Exploration

Portuguese history
Portuguese national identity
Sebastianism
imperial nostalgia
messianism
mythic destiny of Portugal
spiritual mission of Portugal
titleInEnglish Message
titleInPortuguese Mensagem

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Fernando Pessoa notableWork Mensagem
Fernando Pessoa notableWork Mensagem
subject linked to: Pessoa
Portuguese modernism keyWork Mensagem