Poderá gostar
Detalhes do Produto
- Editora: Assírio & Alvim
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- Ano: 2016
- ISBN: 9789723719048
- Capa: Brochada
Sinopse
I love my dreams, I said, a winter morn,
To the practical man, and he, in scorn,
Replied: I am no slave of the Ideal,
But, as all men of sense, I love the Real.
Poor fool, mistaking all that is and seems!
I love the Real when I love my dreams.
Portugals most original poet of modern times, Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), is famous for
writing under many different names, some of which he called heteronyms. He also wrote in
diferente languages. Although justly remembered for his Portuguese poetry, until the age
of twenty he was almost exclusively an English poet. Born in Lisbon, Pessoa lived from age
seven to age seventeen in the English colony of Natal, South Africa, where he received
most of his formal education. With Milton, Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley as his poetic
models, it was only natural that he wrote poetry in their language. And yet English was
never entirely natural to him. It was in his native tongue - Portuguese - that he found
his stride and became a truly great poet. But he continued to write poems in English (he
also wrote a few in French) until almost his dying day. There is much to admire in
Pessoas English poetry, such as Antinous, his finest love poem; his sonnets in the
style of Shakespeare; the lyrical metaphysics in poems from The Mad Fiddler; and the
questioning poems written under the name of Alexander Search. This volume brings together
the best English poetry written by Pessoa across his entire writing career, from 1904 to
1935. Richard Zenith, born in Washington DC, is a longtime resident of Lisbon, where he
works as a writer, translator and researcher. He is responsible for many editions of
Fernando Pessoas works in Portugal, including the
Livro do Desassossego
(Assírio & Alvim, 1998; 11th ed. 2013). His translations of Pessoas poetry and prose
have won prizes in the United States and Great Britain.