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The surprise of being : twenty-five poems / Fernando Pessoa ; translated by James Greene and Clara de Azevedo Mafra.
Van Pelt Library PQ9261.P417 A6 1986c
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pessoa, Fernando, 1888-1935.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections. English & Portuguese
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 63 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Angel Books ; Chester Springs, PA : distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions, 1986.
- Summary:
- Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is generally considered to be Portugal's greatest poet since Camoes, and a central figure of European Modernism. Deeply introspective, he sought objectivity by writing in various personae. This dual-language selection was the first in English to concentrate entirely on the haunting poems he wrote in his own name. These poems largely deal with the problem of being and non-being. It is naive, even primitive awe, not understanding, that Pessoa's poems magically conjure up.
- Notes:
- Text in English and Portuguese.
- ISBN:
- 0946162239 :
- 0946162247
- OCLC:
- 185060199
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