Selected Poems

Contains poems that features four separate personae who have their own poetic identity. This title contribute to the 'mysterious importance of existence'. 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''.

• | Author: Fernando Pessoa
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Nov 30, 2000
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780141184333
• | ISBN-10: 0141184337