Os simples

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Os simples (The Simple Ones) is a collection of poems by Portuguese poet Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro, published in 1892. This work marks a departure from Junqueiro's earlier, more polemical writings, focusing instead on celebrating Portuguese rural and village life. In Os simples, Junqueiro's lyrical quality is at its purest, often expressed in a style that can be described as grandiloquent. The collection showcases his ability to capture the essence of simple, everyday life in Portugal, moving away from social protest and satire towards a more lyrical and descriptive approach.1

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Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro
…rural and village life in Os simples (1892; “The Simple Ones”), in which his lyrical quality, often overdeclamatory, is at its purest.
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…rural and village life in Os simples (1892; “The Simple Ones”), in which his lyrical quality, often overdeclamatory, is at its purest.
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Portuguese literature
Poetry
In Os simples (1892) he turned to the portrayal of peasant life, and this work constituted his finest poetry. Akin to him was António Duarte Gomes Leal, author of Claridades do sul (1875; “Clarities of the South”) and O Anti-Cristo (1884; “The Anti-Christ”), who could likewise…
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In Os simples (1892) he turned to the portrayal of peasant life, and this work constituted his finest poetry. Akin to him was António Duarte Gomes Leal, author of Claridades do sul (1875; “Clarities of the South”) and O Anti-Cristo (1884; “The Anti-Christ”), who could likewise…
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