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The Presence of Pessoa : English, American, and Southern African Literary Responses / George Monteiro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monteiro, George.
- Series:
- Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 43.
- Studies in Romance languages ; 43
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Southern African literature--History and criticism.
- Southern African literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Southern African literature--Portuguese influences.
- American literature--Portuguese influences.
- English literature--Portuguese influences.
- Pessoa, Fernando, 1888-1935--Appreciation--Africa, Southern.
- Pessoa, Fernando.
- Pessoa, Fernando, 1888-1935--Appreciation--United States.
- Pessoa, Fernando, 1888-1935--Appreciation--Great Britain.
- Pessoa, Fernando, 1888-1935--Influence.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Works and Days; 2 Old School Loyalties: Roy Campbell; 3 Poet and Antipoet: Edouard Roditi and Thomas Merton; 4 Dominoes: Edwin Honig; 5 City Lights: Lawrence Ferlinghetti; 6 Barbaric Complaint: Allen Ginsberg; 7 Blue Tiles: Joyce Carol Oates; 8 Durban Echoes: Charles Eglington; 9 Looking for Mr. Person: Michael Hamburger, John Wain, Andrew Harvey, and Dennis Silk; Appendix: Roy Campbell's Fernando Pessoa; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-156) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813156873
- 0813156874
- OCLC:
- 605567500
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