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Poems. Selection
1888-Pessoa Fernando

Poems. Selection

Penguin (Nov 30, 1974)
9780141184333
| Paperback
160 pages | 130 x 200 mm | Italian
Dewey 869.141

Subject

  • Portuguese Poetry - Translations Into English

Plot

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'.