by Almeida Garrett · Ulisseia. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789725681220
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«Viagens na Minha Terra» is the Portuguese Romanticism novel by Almeida Garrett, published by Ulisseia in paperback (254 pages, in Portuguese).
Originally published in 1846, it combines the account of a journey through Portugal with autobiography and social criticism, offering an intimate and critical look at nineteenth-century Portuguese reality. With an innovative style, Garrett reflects on national identity, progress and tradition in a key work of Portuguese Romanticism.
Complete text edition with an introduction by Maria Ema Tarracha Ferreira, in the Biblioteca Ulisseia collection of Portuguese authors (no. 1).
For readers interested in the classics of Portuguese Romanticism and in nineteenth-century European literature.
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major promoter of theater in Portugal he is considered the greatest figure of Portuguese Romanticism and a true revolutionary and humanist. He proposed the construction of the D. Maria II National Theatre and the creation of the Conservatory of Dramatic Art.
