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SIMÕES (João Gaspar). O MISTÉRIO da Poesia. Coimbra. 1931. - SIMÕES (João Gaspar) O MISTÉRIO da Poesia . Ensaios de Interpretação da Génese Poética. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1931. XII, 290, [4] pp.; 195 mm. First edition. The Mystery of Poetry brings together essays on literary theory and criticism in which João Gaspar Simões – one of the founders of the magazine Presença (1927) and a central figure in the Presencista movement – seeks to define the psychological foundations of poetic genesis, distancing himself from the biographical and ideological models that dominated Portuguese criticism at the time. The work opens with a diagnosis of literary criticism in Portugal, identifying as its main vices ”a poetic attitude” towards the poet and the absence of analytical rigor. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate