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Surprise of Being: Twenty-five Poems (Paperback)(English / Portuguese)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Surprise of BeingFernando 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 no...
Full description- Publisher: ANGEL BOOKS
- Published: 01 January 2002
- Format: Paperback 64 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets
- ISBN 13: 9780946162246 ISBN 10: 0946162247
- Sales rank: 302,535
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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.
 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 no...){kind=link}