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SIMÕES (João Gaspar). NATUREZA e Função da Literatura. Lisboa. 1948. - SIMÕES (João Gaspar) NATUREZA e Função da Literatura . Lisboa: Livraria Sá da Costa, 1948. 160 pp.; 190 mm. First edition. Nature and Function of Literature is part of the most productive phase of João Gaspar Simões' essay writing, published in the same year as Freedom of the Spirit (1948) and following The Art of Writing Novels (1947). Considered by Mário Sacramento to be the first great critic in the history of Portuguese literature, Gaspar Simões exercised a critical activity of remarkable coherence and intellectual independence for more than four decades. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate