Project Gutenberg 2008-01-15 Public domain in the USA. 76 Pascoais, Teixeira de 1877 1952 Pascoaes, Teixeira de Vasconcellos, Joaquim Pereira Teixeira de Vasconcelos, Joaquim Pereira Teixeira de O doido e a morte Porto: Edição da Renascença Portuguesa 1913 Reading ease score: 64.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Vasco Salgado "O doido e a morte" by Teixeira de Pascoais is a philosophical narrative written in the early 20th century, specifically during the 1910s. This book explores the intricate relationship between madness and mortality, delving into existential themes through a poetic dialogue. The work reflects on how madness perceives death and life, encapsulating deep emotions and philosophical ruminations in a surrealistic landscape. The story unfolds on a mystical Christmas night where the personification of Death, depicted as a spectral figure, meets an eccentric wanderer described as "the doido." Their interaction reveals profound insights as the doido challenges the traditional views of death, presenting it as intertwined with life and love rather than mere termination. Through poetic exchanges, the doido and Death explore themes of existence, desire, and transformation, culminating in an awakening of a deeper understanding of life beyond the perspective of mortality. This interplay unveils the beauty in transcendence and the paradox of finding life within the acceptance of death, ultimately painting a holistic picture of human experience infused with love, fear, and clarity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) This ebook uses a beginning of the 20th century spelling pt Poetry PQ Text PT Poesia Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 66943 66944 2024-10-10T11:58:11.009337 2023-09-11T04:23:47.212797 text/html text/html 66936 66937 2024-10-10T11:58:11.230332 2023-09-11T04:23:47.355774 text/html text/html 90668 2024-10-10T11:58:15.744293 application/epub+zip 89508 2024-10-10T11:58:13.014360 application/epub+zip 89510 2024-10-10T11:58:11.832354 application/epub+zip 178234 2024-10-10T11:58:17.514290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167061 2024-10-10T11:58:15.088331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144205 2022-09-11T09:17:38.273534 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50192 50220 2024-10-10T11:58:10.770313 2023-09-11T04:23:47.049789 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 49481 2008-01-14T18:50:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 20187 2008-01-14T18:50:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19221 2024-10-10T11:58:17.660272 application/rdf+xml 11864 2024-10-10T11:58:12.424321 image/jpeg 3092 2024-10-10T11:58:12.145311 image/jpeg 88427 2024-10-10T11:58:11.237494 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog pt.wikipedia