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Centenary Pessoa by Fernando Pessoa (2006, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCarcanet Press, The Limited
ISBN-101857547241
ISBN-139781857547245
eBay Product ID (ePID)52044119
Product Key Features
Book TitleCentenary Pessoa
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEuropean / General, General, Poetry
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Poetry
AuthorFernando Pessoa
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingA
Reviews"The name of Fernando Pessoa demands to be listed with those of other great world-class artist born in the 1880s: Stravinsky, Picasso, Joyce, Braque, Le Corbusier . . . " -Roman Jakobson, author, On Language, "[Pessoa] may claim to be the greatest literary figure of modern times." -Roy Campbell, author, The Flaming Terrapin and Broken Record, "The name of Fernando Pessoa demands to be listed with those of other great world-class artist born in the 1880s: Stravinsky, Picasso, Joyce, Braque, Le Corbusier . . . " --Roman Jakobson, author, On Language, "Pessoa is one of the evident giants in modern literature. To read him is to enter fascinating and urgent worlds." -George Steiner, author, Language and Silence, "Pessoa is one of the evident giants in modern literature. To read him is to enter fascinating and urgent worlds." --George Steiner, author, Language and Silence, "[Pessoa] may claim to be the greatest literary figure of modern times." --Roy Campbell, author, The Flaming Terrapin and Broken Record
Dewey Decimal869.84109
SynopsisThis collection of the work of Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is an essential introduction to the work of one of the most original European poets of the twentieth century. It includes translations of a broad selection of his poems and his extraordinary prose, as well as some of his original English writings. A major introductory essay by Octavio Paz, a critical anthology, two posthumous "interviews," and archived illustrations are also included, revealing the world of Pessoa in all its richness., 'Author of paradoxes as clear as water and, as water, dizzying: ... mysterious man who does not cultivate mystery, mysterious as the mid-day moon, taciturn phantom of the Portuguese mid-day - who is Pessoa?' asks Octavio Paz. This collection of the work of Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) answers that question. It is an essential introduction to the work of one of the most original European poets of the twentieth century. It includes translations of a broad selection of his poems and his extraordinary prose, and some of his original English writings. A major introductory essay by Octavio Paz, a critical anthology, two posthumous 'interviews' and illustrations from the Pessoa archive are also included, to reveal the world of Pessoa in all its richness., 'Author of paradoxes as clear as water and, as water, dizzying ...mysterious man who does not cultivate mystery, mysterious as the mid-day moon, taciturn phantom of the Portuguese mid-day - who is Pessoa?' asks Octavio Paz. This collection of the work of Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) answers that question. It is an essential introduction to the work of one of the most original European poets of the twentieth century. It includes translations of a broad selection of his poems and his extraordinary prose, and some of his original English writings. A major introductory essay by Octavio Paz, a critical anthology, two posthumous 'interviews' and illustrations from the Pessoa archive are also included, to reveal the world of Pessoa in all its richness., This collection of the work of Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa (1888--1935) is an essential introduction to the work of one of the most original European poets of the twentieth century. It includes translations of a broad selection of his poems and his extraordinary prose, as well as some of his original English writings. A major introductory essay by Octavio Paz, a critical anthology, two posthumous "interviews," and archived illustrations are also included, revealing the world of Pessoa in all its richness., 'Author of paradoxes as clear as water and, as water, dizzying ...mysterious man who does not cultivate mystery, mysterious as the mid-day moon, taciturn phantom of the Portuguese mid-day - who is Pessoa?' asks Octavio Paz. This collection of the work of Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) answers that question. It is an essential introduction to the work ......
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