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Atlantic Poets: Fernando Pessoas Turn in Anglo-American Modernism
Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is widely regarded as Portugal's greatest poet, but in this groundbreaking new study, Irene Ramalho Santos places him in a transatlantic literary context, revealing the rich interconnections between his work and that of Anglo-American modernists ranging from Whitman to Crane and Rich. In the process, she reveals Pessoa himself to be a major figure of the modernist--and transatlantic--tradition.
Pessoa's own poetry, little of which was published during his lifetime, was marked by his extensive use of guises and personae, "heteronyms" that the poet invented and adopted. Santos argues not only that such Anglo-American poets as Whitman, Dickinson, Eliot, Pound, Crane, and Stevens can shed light on Pessoa's work, but also that Pessoa's poetry offers reciprocal insights into the work of these modernists. She applies a range of Pessoa-derived concepts (Disquietude, Atlanticism, and others) to shed new light on the concerns and characteristics of Anglo-American modernist poetry, and shows that this tradition can no longer be viewed in cultural isolation, but instead must be considered within the context of the intellectual and artistic ferment of the Atlantic world.
Pessoa's own poetry, little of which was published during his lifetime, was marked by his extensive use of guises and personae, "heteronyms" that the poet invented and adopted. Santos argues not only that such Anglo-American poets as Whitman, Dickinson, Eliot, Pound, Crane, and Stevens can shed light on Pessoa's work, but also that Pessoa's poetry offers reciprocal insights into the work of these modernists. She applies a range of Pessoa-derived concepts (Disquietude, Atlanticism, and others) to shed new light on the concerns and characteristics of Anglo-American modernist poetry, and shows that this tradition can no longer be viewed in cultural isolation, but instead must be considered within the context of the intellectual and artistic ferment of the Atlantic world.
384 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2002
About the author
Irene Ramalho Santos
5 booksMaria Irene Ramalho é professora catedrática jubilada da Secção de Estudos Anglo-Americanos do Departamento de Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, onde foi coordenadora científica dos programas de doutoramento em Estudos Americanos e em Estudos Feministas até Setembro de 2012. Desde 1999, é International Affiliate do Departamento de Literatura Comparada da Universidade de Wisconsin-Madison, onde lecciona regularmente como professora visitante. Tem publicado extensamente, em Português e em Inglês, sobre temas de literatura e cultura de expressão inglesa (com especial incidência na poesia dos Estados Unidos), estudos americanos, literatura comparada, teoria poética, estudos culturais e estudos feministas. Entre as suas actuais áreas de maior interesse, destacam-se os estudos sobre o Modernismo e a Modernidade, estudos comparados sobre poesia, poética e filosofia, teorias dos estudos americanos e teorias do feminismo. Faz parte do conselho editorial de várias revistas de literatura e cultura.
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