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Satirical poetry and religious criticism in Portugal in the late eighteenth century

2016; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

1645-6432

Rossana Agostinho Nunes,

History of Colonial Brazil

EnglishIn the late eighteenth century, the Catholic clergy, together with the dogmas and practices of their religion, were heavily criticized in the Luso-Brazilian world. Such criticisms, usually repressed as libertines, were not restricted to conversations but were also to be found in manuscript poems, most of which were anonymous. This article seeks to analyze two of these poems: O Hissope and Epistola ao Muito Reverendo Padre Frei Jose de Carmellos.Within the context of political and doctrinal fervor that existed in the late eighteenth century, both poems were banned, although their messages and political implications were far from being the same. Actually, the poems demonstrate different ways of thinking about religion and about the relationships both between religion and society and between religion and politics. portuguesAo final do seculo XVIII, eclesiasticos, dogmas e praticas da religiao catolica foram criticados no mundo luso-brasileiro. Reprimidas como libertinas, essas criticas nao se limitaram a conversas, mas perpassaram alguns dos poemas manuscritos, em geral anonimos, que circularam no periodo. Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar dois desses poemas: O Hissope e Epistola ao Muito Reverendo Padre Frei Jose de Carmellos No contexto de efervescencia politica e doutrinal de finaisdo Setecentos, ambos foram proibidos de circular, embora suas mensagens e implicacoes politico-teologicas nao fossem as mesmas, evidenciando diferentes formas de pensar a religiao e a relacao religiao/sociedade e religiao/politica.