{"product_id":"erotic-burlesque-and-satirical-poems","title":"Poemas eróticos, burlescos y satíricos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when a poet turns desire, wounded pride, and polite society into targets for laughter?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Erotic, Burlesque, and Satirical Poems, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage brings his sharp tongue to bodies, lovers, pompous figures, and literary enemies. This collection gathers erotic verse, burlesque, and satire: poetry that speaks openly where polite verse looks away, and finds laughter in appetites it prefers to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBocage is known for tender sonnets, but here you meet the poet whose frankness shocks polite society. His poems pass from hand to hand before they can appear openly in print. Literary quarrels sharpen the attack, including his feud with José Agostinho de Macedo, a priest and writer who answers him in kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesire without polite disguises\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet lovers and bodily appetites in poems that trade coyness for wit and frankness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSolemn poetry turned upside down\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover burlesque that brings lofty subjects low and gives humble things a grand treatment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRivals caught in rhyme\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a sharp literary tongue as Bocage takes aim at fellow poets and fools.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLaughter at the pompous\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enjoy mockery that punctures dignity and makes self-important figures the butt of the joke.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeyond the tender sonnet\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore the bawdy, combative side of a Portuguese poet remembered for his sonnets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy wit, rude humour, and literary feuds, or want Portuguese poetry beyond the polite sonnet—and do not mind frank sexual language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet Bocage at his bawdiest, most mocking, and most sharp-tongued.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534614167900,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/02777_en_ebook-front_c05.jpg?v=1792174960","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/es\/products\/poemas-eroticos-burlescos-y-satiricos","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}