Presence of Pessoa
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Fernando Pessoa (1888--1935) is perhaps the most engaging of the great Western modernists of this century. Born in Portugal but raised and educated in southern Africa, Pessoa wrote poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. George Monteiro provides refreshingly new interpretations of Pessoa's Mensagem ( Message ) and the modernist novella 0 Banqueiro Anarquista ( The Anarchist Banker ). But he is primarily interested in tracing Pessoa's influence on a wide range of contemporary writers. Among those Monteiro finds putting Pessoa's work to their own surprising -- and sometimes comic -- uses are Joyce Carol Oates, Allen Ginsberg, John Wain, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and earlier poets including Thomas Merton, Edouard Roditi, and Roy Campbell. In addition, the complete text of Campbell's pioneering biocritical study of Pessoa is published here for the first time.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813120535
ISBN13:9780813120539
Release Date:April 1998
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:176 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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