Literature and philosophy in Raul Pompeia

By employing the techniques of chiaroscuro and internal circularity, Raul Pompeia managed, at the cost of critical incomprehension, to literarily address his philosophical reflections. These, in turn, are more reformist than revolutionary; more detained in man himself, despite considering him as essentially bad, than in metaphysical contributions. Using original sources, I try to point out that the critics routinely made a big mistake when highlighting a more pessimistic and gloomy aspect of Raul Pompeia than the analysis of his works allows us to believe.

Keywords:
Canções sem metro; philosophy; literature; Raul Pompeia