description: Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), Portugal's greatest poet since Camoes, is a central figure of European Modernism and its perception of a collapse of the post-Romantic `I' and of Western culture. Deeply introspective, seeking objectivity through `depersonalisation', he wrote in various distinct personae. This selection is the first in English to concentrate entirely on poems written in Pessoa's own name.
language: English
title: Surprise of Being
titlecomplete: Surprise of Being
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Angel Books