N.º 32 (2023): Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses
Estudos

Recepção da Obra de Milton em Portugal: – Algumas Achegas (I)

Capa do número 32 da REAP

Publicado 18.01.2024

Resumo

The present article attempts to make four points regarding the reception of the work of John Milton in Portuguese literary culture: (a) as a matter of introduction, it highlights the range of critical issues involved in Portuguese editions / translations of Milton, and stresses the relevance of his work in the conspectus of Anglo-Portuguese literary connections; (b) it surveys a number of references made by José Agostinho de Macedo to Milton and other British authors; (c) it examines a review of António José de Lima Leitão’s 1840 translation of Paradise Lost published in the Lisbon magazine O Ramalhete by Francisco António Martins Bastos; (d) it poses a question regarding the possible catholicization of Milton’s work in its Portuguese reception.