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Saudosismo

Saudosismo (which can be translated as nostalgism) was an aesthetic and philosophical movement of a nationalist character that developed in early 20th-century Portugal, shaping Portuguese literature, art, religiosity, and national identity. • Illustration — Frontispiece of the 1912 book O Espírito Lusitano ou o Saudosismo, a manifesto of the saudosista movement Led by the neo-romantic poet Teixeira de Pascoaes, it reunited intellectuals such as António Sérgio, António Carneiro, and Jaime Cortesão around the task of 'regenerating Portugal' through cultural renewal. The movement, which started in Porto around 1912, was based with a concept of the 'Portuguese soul' that valued saudade as its quintessential manifestation. Pascoaes and other writers attempted to portray this movement as a theory of humankind, where a mystic nationalism would advance the "Lusitanian Race".

Saudosismo

Frontispiece of Teixeira de Pascoaes' book «O Espírito Lusitano ou o Saudosismo» (Porto, Renascença Portuguesa, 1912)

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