Pátria

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Pátria is a dramatic poem written by Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro in 1896. It was a response to Portugal's humiliation by a British ultimatum concerning its South African colonies. The poem expresses wounded national pride and criticizes the Braganza dynasty and a fixation on a glorious past for the country's decline. Pátria became immensely popular and contributed to Guerra Junqueiro's reputation as a revolutionary hero, especially after the establishment of the Portuguese Republic in 1910.1

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Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro
…pride in a dramatic poem Pátria (1896), which blamed the Braganza dynasty and delusions of a glorious national past for the country’s downfall. The poem’s popularity was immense and, when the republic was established in 1910, Guerra Junqueiro, as a revolutionary hero, was appointed envoy to Bern. In his last…
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…pride in a dramatic poem Pátria (1896), which blamed the Braganza dynasty and delusions of a glorious national past for the country’s downfall. The poem’s popularity was immense and, when the republic was established in 1910, Guerra Junqueiro, as a revolutionary hero, was appointed envoy to Bern. In his last…
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