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Selected Poems
Fernando Pessoa
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Description for Selected Poems
Paperback. Contains poems that features four separate personae who have their own poetic identity. This title contribute to the 'mysterious importance of existence'. Editor(s): Griffin, Jonathan. Translator(s): Griffin, Jonathan. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
The writing of Fernando Pessoa reveals a mind shaken by intense inner suffering. In these poems he adopted four separate personae: Alberto Caeiro, Alvaro de Campos, Ricardo Reis and himself, using them to express 'great swarms of thought and feeling'. While each personae has its own poetic identity, together they convey a sense of ambivalence and consolidate a striving for completeness. Dramatic, lyrical, Christian, pagan, old and modern, Pessoa's poets and poetry contribute to the 'mysterious importance of existence'.
The writing of Fernando Pessoa reveals a mind shaken by intense inner suffering. In these poems he adopted four separate personae: Alberto Caeiro, Alvaro de Campos, Ricardo Reis and himself, using them to express 'great swarms of thought and feeling'. While each personae has its own poetic identity, together they convey a sense of ambivalence and consolidate a striving for completeness. Dramatic, lyrical, Christian, pagan, old and modern, Pessoa's poets and poetry contribute to the 'mysterious importance of existence'.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141184333
SKU
9780141184333
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99-2
About Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa was born in Lisbon in 1888 and was brought up in Durban, South Africa. In 1905 he returned to Lisbon where he matriculated at the University, and continued to read and write in English. He published in 1918 35 Sonnets and in 1922 the three parts of his English Poems, all composed many years before. The rest of ... Read more
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