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Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil and After
A Poetic Career Transformed
Häftad, 2012
766 kr
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The life and career of American poet and writer Elizabeth Bishop falls into two distinct segments: the pre-Brazil years and the Brazil years and beyond. A creature of displacement from childhood, Bishop traveled to Brazil at the age of 40 for a two-week trip and unexpectedly stayed for most of the …
Robert Frost's Poetry of Rural Life
Häftad, 2015
429 kr
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"Wise old Vergil says in one of his Georgics, 'Praise large farms, stick to small ones,'" Robert Frost said. "Twenty acres are just about enough." Frost started out as a school teacher living the rural life of a would-be farmer, and later turned to farming full time when he bought a place of his …
Robert Frost and the New England Renaissance
Inbunden, 1988
679 kr
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"A poem is best read in the light of all the other poems ever written." So said Robert Frost in instructing readers on how to achieve poetic literacy. George Monteiro's newest book follows that dictum to enhance our understanding of Frost's most valuable poems by demonstrating the ways in which …
Presence of Camões
Influences on the Literature of England, America, and Southern Africa
Inbunden, 1996
595 kr
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Of the great epic poets in the Western tradition, Luis Vaz de Camões (c. 1524- 1580) remains perhaps the least known outside his native Portugal, and his influence on literature in English has not been fully recognized. In this major work of comparative scholarship, George Monteiro thus breaks new …
Presence of Pessoa
English, American, and Southern African Literary Responses
Inbunden, 1998
595 kr
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Fernando Pessoa (1888--1935) is perhaps the most engaging of the great Western modernists of this century. Born in Portugal but raised and educated in southern Africa, Pessoa wrote poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.George Monteiro provides refreshingly new interpretations of Pessoa's Mensagem ( …
Presence of Camoes
Influences on the Literature of England, America, and Southern Africa
E-bok, 2014
512 kr
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Of the great epic poets in the Western tradition, Luis Vaz de Cames (c. 1524- 1580) remains perhaps the least known outside his native Portugal, and his influence on literature in English has not been fully recognized. In this major work of comparative scholarship, George Monteiro thus breaks new …
Presence of Pessoa
English, American, and Southern African Literary Responses
E-bok, 2014
528 kr
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Fernando Pessoa (18881935) is perhaps the most engaging of the great Western modernists of this century. Born in Portugal but raised and educated in southern Africa, Pessoa wrote poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.George Monteiro provides refreshingly new interpretations of Pessoa's Mensagem (Message) …
Robert Frost and the New England Renaissance
E-bok, 2014
597 kr
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"A poem is best read in the light of all the other poems ever written." So said Robert Frost in instructing readers on how to achieve poetic literacy. George Monteiro's newest book follows that dictum to enhance our understanding of Frost's most valuable poems by demonstrating the ways in which …
Eugene O'Neill Remembered
Av Brenda Murphy, George Monteiro
Häftad, 2021
379 kr
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Eugene O’Neill Remembered offers new views into the playwright’s life by capturing the direct memories of those who were close to him through interviews, memoirs, and other recollections. These sixty-two remembrances create an unprecedented image of O’Neill.Known principally as the author of some …
Eugene O'Neill Remembered
Av George Monteiro, George Monteiro m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
603 kr
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Eugene O’Neill Remembered offers new views into the playwright’s life by capturing the direct memories of those who were close to him through interviews, memoirs, and other recollections. These sixty-two remembrances create an unprecedented image of O’Neill. Known principally as the author of some …
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
Av George Monteiro, Elizabeth Bishop m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
381 kr
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This book brings together almost all of the known interviews Elizabeth Bishop gave over a period of thirty years. Included also are a few selected pieces based on conversations with her. All together they allow her ardent and admiring readers a rewarding, close-up encounter with one of America's …
Caldo Verde Is Not Stone Soup
Persons, Names, Words, and Proverbs in Portuguese America
Av George Monteiro, Irene Maria F. Blayer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1192 kr
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Caldo Verde Is Not Stone Soup identifies elements of an emerging Portuguese American culture in the United States. The book discusses subjects and themes that reflect the richness and diversity of this culture. Included are analyses of the Portuguese fondness for nicknames over surnames, pejorative …
There's No Word for «Saudade»
Perspectives on the Literature and Culture of Portuguese America
Av George Monteiro, Irene Maria F. Blayer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1415 kr
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There’s No Word for Saudade contains twenty-one essays aimed at a readership interested in cultural and historical materials, including those related to Portuguese America. Significant figures covered include John Dos Passos, Charles Reis Felix, Julian Silva, John Philip Sousa, Mark Twain, Herman …
Reading Henry James
A Critical Perspective on Selected Works
Häftad, 2016
429 kr
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Henry James (1843-1916) has been championed as an historian of social conscience and attacked as a spokesman for social privilege. His Americanness has been questioned by nativists and defended by Brahmins. Critics took issue with his lucidly complex style. "It's not that he bites off more than he …
Hemingway Short Story
A Critical Appreciation
Häftad, 2017
429 kr
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Ernest Hemingway revolutionized the American short story, establishing himself as a master of realist fiction in the tradition of Guy de Mauppasant. Yet none of Hemingway's emulators has succeeded in duplicating his understated, minimalist style. In his Iceberg Theory of fiction, only the tip of …
From Lisbon to the World
Fernando Pessoas Enduring Literary Presence
Häftad, 2019
710 kr
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Fernando Pessoa is one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Until some years ago known in the English-speaking world only among a minority of connaisseurs, his work is finally becoming available in English translations, and more are in the process of reaching the literary public. Born in …
From Lisbon to the World
Fernando Pessoas Enduring Literary Presence
Inbunden, 2018
2186 kr
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Fernando Pessoa is one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Until some years ago known in the English-speaking world only among a minority of connaisseurs, his work is finally becoming available in English translations, and more are in the process of reaching the literary public. Born in …
Minotaur, Parrot, and the SS Man
Essays on Jorge De Sena
Häftad, 2021
249 kr
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An undisputed giant of twentieth-century Portuguese letters, writer and literary critic Jorge de Sena (1919--1978) spent the most Productive decades of his life away from Portugal, teaching at the University of Wisconsin--Madison and the University of California, Santa Barbara. In the essays …
