%0 Journal Article
%T A infancia de Cristo na poesia de Baltasar Esta o
%A Maria Luc¨ªlia Gon£¿alves Pires
%J Via Spiritus : Revista de Hist¨®ria da Espiritualidade e do Sentimento Religioso
%D 2010
%I Universidade do  Porto
%X In the panorama of Portuguese poetry dedicated to Christ¡¯s childhood during the Mannerist period, Baltasar Esta o¡¯s work distinguishes itself in the number of poems that he dedicates to this theme and the variety of episodes he invokes. In this article the poet¡¯s unpublished work, Di¨¢logo do Menino Perdido [Dialogue of the Lost Boy], is analysed, a long panegyric of the Sacred Family focusing on the episode where Jesus is lost in the temple. However, most of the attention is given to the poetry on Christ¡¯s childhood included in his published work entitled Sonetos, can  es, ¨¦glogas e outras rimas [Sonnets, songs, eclogues and other rhymes], analysing its dominating themes and main stylistic processes. The spiritual line of thought expressed in this work is also compared to the religious literatureof the time, revealing some contrasting aspects.
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