مؤلف: George Monteiro

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 be …

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, an …

‘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 dictu …

Few, if any, U.S. writers are as important to the history of world literature as Edgar Allan Poe, and few, if any, U.S. authors owe so much of their current reputations to the process of translation. …

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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, Bis …

"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 t …

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 Br …

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 …

Eighteen short essays by the most distinguished international scholars examine Pessoa’s influences, his dialogues with other writers and artistic movements, and the responses his work has generated w …

‘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 dictu …

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 be …

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, an …

Fernando Pessoa is one of the 20th century’s greatest poets. Until some years ago known in the English-speaking world only among a minority of connaisseurs, his work is finally being translated into …

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 …