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A vida inteira que podia ter sido e que não foi: trajetória de um poeta tísico

2000; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0104-59702000000400003

ISSN

1678-4758

Autores

Ângela Pôrto,

Tópico(s)

Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies

Resumo

In a sketch of the life history of poet Manuel Bandeira (1886-1968) from the moment his tuberculosis was diagnosed, the article analyzes the various phases Bandeira went through in his experience with the illness. Knowing that one is afflicted with a serious disease impels efforts to preserve one's identity, to adjust to living with the disease, and to mobilize resources to fight it. Living with the progression of a disease in fact prompts the afflicted individual to undertake a systematic reconstruction of his or her identity. As the article shows, poetry was the instrument Bandeira used to reshape his own self-image.

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