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problem with pessoa was he was not original. most of his work looks like aesthetic studies of past thinkers/poets. most portuguese-speaking people praise his wo
by gverrilla 6y ago
problem with pessoa was he was not original. most of his work looks like aesthetic studies of past thinkers/poets. most portuguese-speaking people praise his work and name just because that's what the social algorithm fed them. more or less the same happens with Machado de Assis, although Machado is much better at clickbaiting
- andrepd 6y agoBoth Pessoa and Machado de Assis are praised outside of Portugal/Brazil, so it's hardly a nationalistic thing.
- gverrilla 5y agonah they don't really mean anything for the development of Literature or thought, their importance is only regional and all they did was import style and content into portuguese.