| Presence of Pessoa Contributor(s): Monteiro, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813120535 ISBN-13: 9780813120539 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: 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 O 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 820.900 |
| LCCN: 97-40435 |
| Series: Studies in Romance Languages |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.73" W x 8.81" (0.90 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
