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José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa
1757–1832
A lively Portuguese poet of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, he became known for writing for a wide popular readership rather than only for elite literary circles. His long career and sharp, accessible style helped make him a familiar name in Lisbon’s print culture.
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Continuação do Portugal enfermo por vicios, e abusos de ambos os sexos
by José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa
Portugal enfermo por vicios, e abusos de ambos os sexos
by José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa
About the author
Born in Colmeias, near Leiria, on October 31, 1757, José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa moved with his family to Lisbon when he was very young. He is generally described as a Portuguese poet, and his life stretched across a period of major political and cultural change, ending in Lisbon on October 7, 1832.
Rodrigues da Costa built a notably long and productive career as a writer, publishing many works in inexpensive pamphlet form for broad circulation. Scholars have described him as a popular figure in the world of Portuguese literatura de cordel, a print culture that reached readers beyond elite literary circles. He was also associated with the pseudonym Josino Leiriense and is remembered for a public literary rivalry with Bocage.
That mix of popularity, productivity, and connection to everyday readers is a big part of what makes him interesting now. Rather than being known only as a secluded man of letters, he appears as a writer deeply tied to the lively, commercial, and often combative literary life of his time.