Maria Peregrina de Sousa
Maria Peregrina de Sousa (1809-1894)
Also known as Maria Peregrina de Souza, Uma obscura Portuense, Mariposa, D.M.P., D.M.P.S., Uma Senhora da Cidade do Porto, and Maria Peregrina Maia de Sousa.
Annotated Bibliography
Barros, Thereza Leitão de. "Maria Peregrina de Sousa e Maria Adelaide Fernandes Prata." Escritoras de Portugal: Génio feminino revelado na Literatura Portuguesa, vol. 2, Lisbon, p. 179-181.
Short note about Maria Peregrina de Sousa mentioning her literary production. The general tone of this book, which addresses several female Portuguese authors, is critical and judgmental. The author openly criticizes the production of some of the authors stressing how underdeveloped and inferior to the work male writers it was. (Annotation by Mónica Ganhão)
Biguelini, Elen. "O travestismo na literatura escrita por mulheres em Portugal no final do século XVIII e início do século XIX." Anais do VII Seminário Internacional e XVI Seminário Nacional Mulher e Literatura: Mulheres de Letras – do Oitocentismo à Contemporaneidade: Transformações e Perspectivas, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, p. 280-91.
Although analyzing a relevant topic in literature written by women, this article tries to study Peregrina’s novel Pepa (1848) in the light of women cross-dressing as men, which occurs in the other texts taken into consideration for this study. However, in Pepa, a boy dresses as a girl, not the opposite. This implies different considerations and analysis, which Biguelini fails to explore. (Annotation by Mónica Ganhão)
Biguelini, Elen. "Maria Peregrina de Sousa e sua irmã, Maria do Patrocínio de Sousa, no periódico A Grinalda." Actas do 1º Colóquio “Saudade Perpétua”, Porto, CEPESE, p. 712-29.
In this article, Biguelini analyzes the publications of the author in the periodical A Grinalda. She also tries to apply the concept of “anxiety of authorship” (crafted by Susan Gubar and Sandra Gilbert in the volume The Madwoman in the Attic - a study mainly about female authors in the United Kingdom) to the Portuguese context. (Annotation by Mónica Ganhão)
Biguelini, Elen. "Paralelos na obra de Jane Austen (1775-1817) e Maria Peregrina de Sousa (1809-1894)." Anais do XXVI Congresso Internacional da ABRALIP: Ensino e pesquisa da literatura portuguesa no Brasil e no mundo, Curitiba, Brasil, UFPR, p. 444-56.
In this article, the researcher compares Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen to “Roberta” by Peregrina. It suggests that Peregrina might have read Austen’s work and seems to have shown some similar concerns. However, the researcher underestimates how different both authors were and how distinct the extent and complexity of their works are. Nevertheless, this comparison benefits Peregrina because it magnifies her in the eyes of the academy by placing her side by side with one of the greatest British novelists. (Annotation by Mónica Ganhão)
Posted
18 April 2025
Last Updated
23 April 2025