In search of a lost place: Guiomar Torrezão, voice and opinion

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37508/rcl.2022.n48a493
Keywords: persona, female authorship, female emancipation, nineteenth-century novel

Abstract

Guiomar Torrezão (1844-1898) was one of the first Portuguese female writers to make a living out of her journalistic and literary career. Her intention of building a firm and imposing voice is clear from her first texts; a voice that would not let her fall into the (false) modesty so common among other female voices, or torture herself over the incipience of her knowledge. Her authorial presence is, therefore, strong, and obvious her desire to create a space for herself and her work amongst the Portuguese literates and critics. In this article, I aim to explore how this professional boldness, does not, however, translate necessarily into the subversion of common-place ideas held by the Portuguese intellectual milieu about women, nor into an explicit and clear desire to fight for female emancipation.

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Author Biography

Mónica Ganhão, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

Doutoranda em Estudos Portugueses e Românicos estando a desenvolver o projecto de tese intitulado “Mulheres entre homens: dinâmicas de género na literatura portuguesa oitocentista”. Os seus interesses englobam a autoria feminina, a representação literária da mulher e o estudo da relação entre a escrita feminina e masculina.

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Capa da Convergência Lusíana 48
Published
2022-11-10
How to Cite
Ganhão, M. (2022). In search of a lost place: Guiomar Torrezão, voice and opinion. Converência Lusíada, 33(48), 39-58. https://doi.org/10.37508/rcl.2022.n48a493
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Vol. 33 No. 48 (2022): For after Eve: authorship, character, enunciation
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