A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe：Selected Poems

作者 Fernando Pessoa著Richard Zenith编Richard Zenith译
出版社 Penguin Classics
出版时间 2006年4月
ISBN 9780143039556
定价 133.10

内容简介

WritingobsessivelyinFrench,English,andPortuguese,FernandoPessoaleftaprodigiousbodyofwork,muchofitunder"heteronyms"-fullyfleshedalteregoswithstartlinglydifferentstylesandpointsofview.Offeringauniquesamplingofallhismostfamousvoices,thiscollectionfeaturespoemsthathaveneverbeforebeentranslatedalongsidemanyoriginallycomposedinEnglish.Inadditiontosuchmajorworksas"MaritimeOdeofCampos"andhisGoethe-inspiredFaust,writteninblankverse,thereareseveralstunningpoemsthathaveonlycometolightinthelastfiveyears.SelectedandtranslatedbyleadingPessoascholarRichardZenith,thisisthefinestintroductionavailabletothebreadthofPessoa'sgenius.Thetranslationsarebasedonthemostauthoritativeeditions,verifiedagainsttheoriginalmanuscriptsIncludesanIntroductiondiscussingPessoa,hiswork,andthephenomenonof"heteronymy"aswellasachronology

作者简介

FernandoPessoawasborninLisbonin1888andwasbroughtupinDurban,SouthAfrica.In1905hereturnedtoLisbonwherehematriculatedattheUniversity,andcontinuedtoreadandwriteinEnglish.Hepublishedin191835Sonnetsandin1922thethreepartsofhisEnglishPoems,allcomposedmanyyearsbefore.TherestofhislifepasseduneventfullyinLisbon.TheonlybookpublishedinhislifetimewasMensagem,acollectionofpoemsonpatrioticthemeswhichwonaconsolationprizeinanationalcompetition.Pessoaalsowroteunderthreepseudonyms,AlbertoCaeiro,AlvarodeCamposandRicardoReis,whosebiographiesheinvented.RichardZenithlivesinLisbon,whereheworksasafreelancewriter,translator,andcritic.HistranslationsincludeGalician-Portuguesetroubadourpoetry,novelsbyAntonioLoboAntunes,Pessoa'sTheBookofDisquiet,andFernandoPessoaandCo-SelectedPoems,whichwonthe1999AmericanPENAwardforPoetryinTranslation.