Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 44 | 115 | 2021
Research Article | The One Who Wants It

The One Who Wants It

A Reading of Manuel António Pina Through the Eyes of Nietzsche

Abstract
The poet Manuel António Pina was a close reader of Nietzsche, incorporating some of his philosophical ideas in his own poetry. The objective of this article is to reflect on Pina’s poetical opus Aquele que quer morrer (1978) through the presence of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical literature The Gay Science (Die fröhliche Wissenschaft, 1882-87). Furthermore, this presence allows us to recognise the porous border shared by philosophy and poetry, where these two authors encounter one another. The article concludes that Nietzsche’s philosophical discourse is contaminated by the poetic one and that Pina’s poetic discourse allows itself to be contaminated by Nietzschean philosophy. Metaphor, allegory, irony and self-reflexivity are the most shared operative tools by these authors.


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Submitted: April 13, 2020 | Accepted: Sept. 5, 2020 | Published June 29, 2021 | Language: pt

Keywords Pré-socrático • Nietzsche • Presocratic • | Poesia portuguesa • Philosophy • Filosofia • Portuguese poetry • Manuel António Pina

Copyright © 2021 Sérgio Das Neves. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2021/16/008


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