Francisco Dias Gomes
Francisco Dias Gomes (1745 – 30 September 1795)[1] was a Portuguese poet and literary critic.
Biography
[edit]Francisco Dias Gomes was born in Lisbon,[2] the son of Fructuoso Dias, a local tradesman, and his wife Vivência Gomes.[3] His work was little known to contemporary men of letters and his career was spent primarily writing poetry in elegiac meter and studying the progress of Portugal's language and literature.[4]
He died of an epidemic fever in 1795.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Pinheiro Chagas, Manuel (1873). "Francisco Dias Gomes." In: Portuguezes Illustres. Lisboa: Livraria de A. Ferin, p. 142.
- ^ McElrone, H.P. (1883). "Gomes and Portuguese Poetry," The Catholic World, Vol. 37, No. 221, p. 655.
- ^ Garção Stockler, Francisco de Borja (1799). "Breve Noticia da Vida e Obras do Autor." In: Obras Poeticas de Francisco Dias Gomes. Lisboa: Academia das Ciências, p. vii.
- ^ McElrone (1883), p. 657.
- ^ McElrone (1883), p. 656.
Works
[edit]- Analise e Combinações Filosóficas sobre a Elocução e Estilo de Sá de Miranda, Ferreira, Bernardes, Caminha, e Camões (1792).
- Ifigenia: Tragédia Tirada da História Grega (1798).
- Obras Poeticas de Francisco Dias Gomes (1799).
- Electra (1799).
- Elegia à Morte de hum Homem Honrado e Virtuoso (1799).
Further reading
[edit]- Prado Coelho, Jacinto do (1971). "Francisco Dias Gomes, Crítico Literário," Revista da Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa, II Série, No. 13.
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