Jennings on the Trail of Pessoa: or dimensions of poetical music

Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, 2015

MONTEIRO, George, "Twenty-two New Translations: English renditions of Pessoa's heteronymous Portuguese poems" (2015). Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, No. 8, Fall, pp. 602-648. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.7301/Z06H4FNH Is Part of: Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, Issue 8 Twenty-two New Translations: English renditions of Pessoa’s heteronymous Portuguese poems [Vinte e Duas Novas Traduções: versões inglesas de poemas heteronímicos portugueses de Pessoa] https://doi.org/10.7301/Z06H4FNH ABSTRACT Here we present twenty-two Pessoan poems rendered in English by George Monteiro. These poems are attributed to three heteronyms of Fernando Pessoa: two numbered texts from O Guardador de Rebanhos (The Keeper of Sheep) of Alberto Caeiro; ten loose poems and a cycle of five sonnets by Álvaro de Campos; and five odes of Ricardo Reis. Each translation contains three elements, respectively: the English recreation by Monteiro; the facsimile of the Portuguese original by Fernando Pessoa (or of the last Portuguese version, if there exist more than one Pessoan document concerning the poem); and a transcription of the Portuguese text, in the case of a manuscript (solely notes in the case of a legible typescript prepared by Pessoa). RESUMO Publicam-se aqui vinte-e-dois poemas pessoanos vertidos para o inglês por George Monteiro. Esses poemas são atribuídos a três heterônimos de Fernando Pessoa: dois textos numerados de O Guardador de Rebanhos de Alberto Caeiro; dez poemas soltos e um ciclo de cinco sonetos de Álvaro de Campos; e cinco odes de Ricardo Reis. Cada uma das traduções contém três elementos, respectivamente: a recriação em inglês feita por Monteiro; o facsímile do original português de Fernando Pessoa (ou da última versão em português, se existir mais de um documento pessoano relativo ao poema); e uma transcrição do português no caso de manuscrito (apenas notas no caso de um datiloscrito legível preparado por Pessoa). BIBLIOGRAPHY ALMEIDA, Onésimo T. [ed.] (1983). The Sea Within: A Selection of Azorean Poems. Selection, introduction and notes by Onésimo T. Almeida; translations by George Monteiro. Providence: Gávea-­‐‑Brown. MONTEIRO, George (2013). “O Antigo Artífice”, in As Paixões de Pessoa. Translation by Margarida Vale de Gato. Lisbon: Ática/Babel.* PESSOA, Fernando (2014). Álvaro de Campos—Obra Completa. Edition by Jerónimo Pizarro and Antonio Cardiello; collaboration by Jorge Uribe and Filipa Freitas. Lisbon: Tinta-­‐‑da-­‐‑China. ____ (1988) Self-­‐‑Analysis and Thirty Other Poems. Translations by George Monteiro. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. ____ (1931) “Trapo,” in Presença: revista de arte e crítica; n. 31-­‐‑32. Coimbra; p. 9. ____ (1928) “Escripto num livro abandonado em viagem,” in Presença: revista de arte e crítica; n. 10. Coimbra; p. 2.

Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, 2020

SCHWARTZ, John Pedro, "Problems in translating Pessoa's poetry into English" (2020). Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, No. 17, Spring, pp. 42-75. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/7tq8-s225 Is Part of: Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, Issue 17 Problems in translating Pessoa’s poetry into English [Problemas ao traduzir a poesia de Pessoa para o Inglês] https://doi.org/10.26300/7tq8-s225 ABSTRACT This paper focuses on five problems all translators of Fernando Pessoa's poetry into English must grapple with. The first is whether or not to distinguish the poetry of Pessoa (orthonym), Álvaro de Campos, Alberto Caeiro and Ricardo Reis through the use of stylistic and lexical markers. The second is: to what degree should the translator imitate Pessoa's occasional labyrinthine constructions? Third, every translator must decide at the outset whether or not to use rhyme and meter, where these occur in Pessoa's poetry. The final two problems concern Portuguese grammar: how to translate the pretérito perfeito do indicativo [simple past tense], which lends itself in English to both simple past and present perfect tenses; and how to translate the personal infinitive, a form unique among all languages for handling a change in subject within a sentence. RESUMO Este artigo foca-se nos cinco problemas com os quais qualquer tradutor da poesia pessoana tem de batalhar quando traduz para inglês. O primeiro é distinguir ou não a poesia de Pessoa (ortónimo), da de Álvaro de Campos, Alberto Caeiro e Ricardo Reis através de indicações estilísticas e lexicais. O segundo é até que ponto o tradutor deve imitar as construções labirínticas ocasionais. Terceiro, o tradutor tem de decidir no início se deve usar rima e métrica ou não, quando e onde estas ocorram na poesia de Pessoa. Os dois problemas finais referem-se à gramática portuguesa: como traduzir o pretérito perfeito do indicativo, que em inglês empresta-se ambos ao simple past tense e ao present perfect tense; e como traduzir o infinitivo pessoal, uma forma única de todos os idiomas para lidar com uma mudança de sujeito dentro de uma frase. BIBLIOGRAPHY BLANCO, José (2008). “Fernando Pessoa’s Critical and Editorial Fortune in English: A Selective Chronological Overview.” Portuguese Studies, vol. 24, n.º 2, special issue (“Pessoa: The Future of the Arcas”, guest editors: Jerónimo Pizarro, Steffen Dix), pp. 13-32. BOSLEY, Keith, trans. (1995). “Poetry” [by Fernando Pessoa], in A Centenary Pessoa. Eugénio Lisboa, with L.C. Taylor (eds.). Manchester: Carcanet Press, pp. 21-114. BROOKS, Cleanth (1947). The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. BUTLER, David ([2004] 2009) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Selected Poems. Dublin: The Dedalus Press. DANIELS, Chris (2009) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Collected Later Poems of Alvaro de Campos: 1928-1935 (v. 2). Exeter: Shearsman Books. ____ (2007) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. The Collected Poems of Alberto Caeiro (v. 1). Exeter: Shearsman Books. FILHO, Cruz (2009). História e teoria do soneto. Annotated by Glauco Mattoso. Rio de Janeiro: Elos. FISCHER, Claudia J. (2012). “Auto-tradução e experimentação interlinguística na génese d'’O Marinheiro’ de Fernando Pessoa.” Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, n.º 1, Spring, Brown Digital Repository, pp. 1-69. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7301/Z0B56GZH FRANCE, Peter (2000) (ed.). The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. FREITAS, Filipa de (2015). “Naval Ode Translations: Reading the Poet’s Dispositions.” Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, n.º 8, Fall, Brown Digital Repository, pp. 128-90. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7301/Z04M92S2 GRIFFIN, Jonathan ([1992] 2007) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Mensagem / Message. Introduction by Helder Macedo. Exeter: Shearsman Books and Menard Press [London: Menard Press and King’s College London, 1992]. _____ ([1974] 1982) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Selected Poems. London: Penguin Books. _____ (1971) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. I: Alberto Caeiro; II. Ricardo Reis; III. Álvaro de Campos; IV. Fernando Pessoa. Oxford: Carcanet Press. GUYER, Leland (1996). “Translating ‘Tabacaria’.” Indiana Journal of Hispanic Literatures, n.º 9, Fall, Special Issue on Fernando Pessoa, pp. 193-210. HONIG, Edwin (1971) (trans.). Selected Poems by Fernando Pessoa. Introduction by Octavio Paz. Chicago: Swallow Press. HONIG, Edwin; BROWN, Susan M. ([1986] 1998). Poems of Fernando Pessoa. San Francisco: City Lights Book [New York: The Ecco Press, 1986]. JENNINGS, Hubert D. (2019). Fernando Pessoa. The Poet with Many Faces: A Biography and Anthology. Edited by Carlos Pittella. Lisbon: Tinta-da-china. KRUMMRICH, Philip (2003) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Quadras ao Gosto Popular / Quatrains in the Popular Style. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press. LADEIRA, Antonio (2019). “Fernando Pessoa nos Estados Unidos: redesenhando fronteiras.” Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, n.º 16, Fall, Brown Digital Repository, pp. 241-80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/en1y-7j92 LEY, Charles David (1938). “Poema” [O céu, azul de luz quieta.]. Presença – Folha de Arte e Crítica, n.º 53-54, Coimbra, p. 11. LISBOA, Eugénio; with L.C. TAYLOR (1995). A Centenary Pessoa. With an introductory essay by Octavio Paz, trans. by Michael Schmidt, and contributions from Antonio Tabucchi, José Blanco, and others. Manchester: Carcanet in association with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Instituto Camões, the Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro. LOPES, Teresa Rita (1993) (org.). Pessoa Inédito. Lisbon: Livros Horizonte. LÓPEZ, Nicolás Barbosa (2018) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Mensaje / Mensagem. Illustrated by Samuel Castaño Mesa. Medellín: Tragaluz Editores. LONGLAND, Jean R. (1970). Poet Lore—A National Quarterly of World Poetry and the Drama, Autumn, 1970, pp. 1-13. MONTEIRO, George. (2013). As Paixões de Pessoa. Trans. Margarida Vale de Gato. Lisbon: Ática. _____ (1988) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Self-Analysis and Thirty Other Poems. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. _____ (1998). The Presence of Pessoa: English, American, and Southern African Literary Responses. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. _____ (1982) (ed.). The Man Who Never Was: Essays on Fernando Pessoa. Edited with an introduction by George Monteiro. Providence: Gávea-Brown. PARKER, John (1985). “Fernando Pessoa, Selected Poems, trans. by Jonathan Griffin.” Book review. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, vol. 62, n.º 15, p. 215. Pessoa. All Art is a Form of Literature (2008). Curated by Ana Ara and João Fernandes. Organized by Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía with the support of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Now it is online: https://issuu.com/museoreinasofia/docs/02_pessoa_ingles_catalogo_imprenta PESSOA, Fernando (2018). Poesia—Antologia Mínima. Edition by de Jerónimo Pizarro. Lisbon: Tinta-da-china. _____ (1993). Mensagem. Poemas Esotéricos. Critical edition by José Augusto Seabra [with the collaboration of Maria Aliete Galhoz]. Madrid: CSIC. Colección Archivos. _____ (2009). Sensacionismo e Outros Ismos. Critical edition by Jerónimo Pizarro. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda. PIZARRO, Jerónimo (2018). Ler Pessoa. Lisbon: Tinta-da-china. _____ (2017). “Álvaro de Campos Revisited.” Estudos Regianos, n.º 22-23 (commemorative number), Vila do Conde, Centro de Estudos Regianos, pp. 67-90. QUINTANILHA, F.E.G. (1971) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Sixty Portuguese Poems. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. RATTIGAN, Michael Lee (2007) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Alberto Caeiro: The Complete Poems. London: Rufus Books. RICKARD, Peter (1971) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Selected Poems. Edinburgh; Austin: Edinburgh University; University of Texas Press. RODITI, Edouard (1956). “Four Poems.” Poetry, vol. 87, pp. 26-29. SCHWARTZ, John Pedro (2019). “Pessoa, Concrete Poet, Influence, Muse.” Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, n.º 15, Spring, Brown Digital Repository, pp. 36-61. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/6868-c194 _____ (2018). “Rendering the Formless: Language and Style in Fausto.” Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, n.º 14, Autumn, Brown Digital Repository, pp. 59-83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/at6s-bd10 SCHWARTZ, John Pedro; SCHWARTZ, Robert N. (2020) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Poetry—Minimal Anthology. Edited by Jerónimo Pizarro. Lisbon: Tinta-da-china. WOOD, Michael (1972). “Mod and Great.” The New York Review of Books, September 21. Online: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1972/09/21/mod-and-great/ ZENITH, Richard ([2008] 2016) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. Message. Illustrated by Pedro Sousa Pereira. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro. _____ (2006) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems. London: Penguin Books. _____ (1997) (trans.). Fernando Pessoa. 21 poemas de Álvaro de Campos. Illustrated by Manuel Graça Dias. Lisbon: Casa Fernando Pessoa.

Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, 2015

FERRARI, Patricio, "'Bridging Archives: twenty five unpublished English poems by Fernando Pessoa" (2015). Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, No. 8, Fall, pp. 365-431. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.7301/Z01V5C64 Is Part of: Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, Issue 8 Bridging Archives: twenty-five unpublished English poems by Fernando Pessoa [Conectando Arquivos: vinte e cinco poemas ingleses inéditos de Fernando Pessoa] https://doi.org/10.7301/Z01V5C64 ABSTRACT Critical transcription preceded by a brief presentation of twenty-five unpublished English poems by Fernando Pessoa. The introductory text offers a historical background in regard to Hubert Jennings's pioneer work with Pessoa's English poems. RESUMO Transcrição crítica, precedida de uma breve apresentação, de vinte e cinco poemas ingleses inéditos de Fernando Pessoa. O texto introdutório oferece uma contextualização histórica do trabalho pioneiro de Hubert Jennings junto aos poemas ingleses de Pessoa. BIBLIOGRAPHY [SEVERAL AUTHORS] (2015). Variaciones Borges, n.º 40, Fall. www.borges.pitt.edu/journal/variaciones‑borges. CAMPBELL, Roy (1957). Portugal. London: M. Reinhardt. CRESPO, Angel (1989). “EI último amor de Fernando Pessoa,” in Revista de Occidente, n.º 94. Madrid, March, pp. 5-­‐‑26. DUFFELL, Martin J. (2013). “Tennyson’s ‘Metre of Catullus’: The Ambivalent Hendecasyllable,” in Language and Literature, n.º 22, pp. 19-­‐‑31. ____ (2008). A New History of English Metre. London: Legenda. JENNINGS, Hubert D. (1986). Fernando Pessoa in Durban. Durban: Durban Corporation. ____ (1984). Os Dois Exílios: Fernando Pessoa na África do Sul. Porto: Centro de Estudos Pessoanos & Fundação Eng.º António de Almeida. ____ (1966). The Durban High School Story 1866-­‐‑1966. Durban: The Durban High School and Old Boys Memorial Trust. LIND, Georg Rudolf (1968). “9 unbekannte englische Gedichte F. Ps, Diskussion und Kommentar von Ulrich Suerbaum und Vf, ” in Poetica, n.º 2 (2). Munich, April, pp. 229-­‐‑36. FERRARI, Patricio (2015). “Pessoa and Borges: In the Margins of Milton,” in Variaciones Borges, n.º 40, Fall, pp. 81-­‐‑101. ____ (2012). “Meter and Rhythm in Fernando Pessoa’s Poetry.” Ph.D dissertation presented to the Department of Linguistics, Universidade de Lisbo. [Unpublished]. FERRARI, Patricio & PITTELA-­‐‑LEITE, Carlos (2015). “Four Unpublished English Sonnets (and the Editorial Status of Pessoa’s English Poetry,” in Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies, n.º 28, Fernando Pessoa as English Reader and Writer. Dartmouth: University of Massachusetts, Tagus Press, Spring, pp. 227-­‐‑246. GASPAROV, Mikhail Leonovich (1996). A History of European Versification. Translated from Russian by Gerry Smith and Marina Tarlinskaja. Ed. by Gerry Smith with Leofranc Holford-­‐‑Strevens. Oxford: Clarendon Press. [First edition in Russian, 1989]. HOBSBAUM, Philip (1996). Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form. London; New York: Routledge. MONTEIRO, George (2000). Fernando Pessoa and Nineteenth-­‐‑Century Anglo-­‐‑American Literature. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. PESSOA, Fernando (2015). No Matter What We Dream: Selected English Poems. Edited and selected by Patricio Ferrari and Jerónimo Pizarro. Second edition. Lisbon: Tell-­‐‑a-­‐‑story. ____ (2014). Poèmes français. Edition established and annotated by Patricio Ferrari with the collaboration of Patrick Quillier. Preface by Patrick Quillier. Clepsydre Collection. Paris: Éditions de la Différence. ____ (2013A). Livro do Dessassocego. Edited by Jerónimo Pizarro. Fernando Pessoa Collection. Lisbon: Tinta-­‐‑da-­‐‑China. ____ (2013B). Eu Sou Uma Antologia: 136 autores fictícios. Edited by Jerónimo Pizarro and Patricio Ferrari. Fernando Pessoa Collection. Lisbon: Tinta-­‐‑da-­‐‑China. ____ (2011). Sebastianismo e Quinto Imperio. Edited by Jorge Uribe and Pedro Sepúlveda. Fernando Pessoa’s Works, New Series. Lisbon: Ática. ____ (2009). Cadernos. Edited by Jerónimo Pizarro. Fernando Pessoa Critical Edition, Major Series, Vol. XI, Tome I. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional-­‐‑Casa da Moeda, 2009. ____ (2006). Escritos sobre Génio e Loucura. Edited by Jerónimo Pizarro. Fernando Pessoa Critical Edition, Major Series, Vol. VII, 2 vols. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional-­‐‑Casa da Moeda. ____ (2000). Poesia Inglesa II. Edited and translated by Luísa Freire. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim. ____ (1999). Poemas Ingleses. The Mad Fiddler. Edited by Marcus Angioni and Fernando Gomes. Fernando Pessoa Critical Edition, Major Series, Vol. V, Tome III Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional-­‐‑Casa da Moeda. ____ (1997). Poemas Ingleses. Poemas de Alexander Search. Edited by João Dionísio. Fernando Pessoa Critical Edition, Major Series, Vol. V, Tome II. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional-­‐‑Casa da Moeda. ____ (1995). Poesia Inglesa. Edited and translated by Luísa Freire. Preface by Teresa Rita Lopes. Lisbon: Livros Horizonte. ____ (1971). Selected Poems by Fernando Pessoa. Translated by Edwin Honig. With an Introduction by Octavio Paz. Bilingual edition. Chicago: Swallow Press. ____ (1967). Sixty Portuguese Poems. Introduction, selection, English translation of the poems and notes by F. E. G. Quintanilha. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ____ (1921). English Poems I-­‐‑II. Antinous. Inscriptions. Lisbon: Olisipo. ____ (1918). 35 Sonnets. Lisbon: Ed. Monteiro & Co. PIZARRO, Jerónimo; FERRARI, Patricio & CARDIELLO, Antonio (2010). A Biblioteca Particular de Fernando Pessoa. Collection of the Fernando Pessoa House. Bilingual edition. Lisbon: D. Quixote. PIZARRO, Jerónimo (2012). Pessoa Existe? Lisbon: Ática. SANTOS, Maria L. N. dos; CRUZ, Alexandrina; MONTENEGRO, Rosa M.; PIMENTEL, Lídia (1988). “A inventariação do espólio de Fernando Pessoa: tentativa de reconstituição,” in Revista da Biblioteca Nacional, S. 2, Vol. 3, N. 3, Sep-­‐‑Dec. 1988. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, pp. 199-­‐‑213. SEVERINO, Alexandrino (1969). Fernando Pessoa na África do Sul. Marília: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Marília [doctoral thesis presented in 1966 to the Universidade de São Paulo]. TENNYSON, Alfred (1902). The Works of Alfred Tennyson. London: Macmill and Co., 1902. [Queen Victoria Memorial Prize awarded to Fernando A. N. Pessôa in 1903. Fernando Pessoa House, Call number 8-­‐‑541].

The Translator, 2020

Fernando Pessoa devoted part of his prolific creative life to the practice of literary translation, mostly from his native Portuguese and English. He also wrote about this craft, as loose posthumous unfinished essays and scattered notes in his archive attest. Reading this material closely alongside a metrical analysis of selected published and unpublished poetry translations, we aim to: (1) understand the extent to which his thoughts on literary translation align with his poetry translation practice, primarily defined by his approach to poetic rhythm; (2) revisit some key ideas proposed by Wilhelm von Humboldt and Walter Benjamin on translation, as well as Plato's concept of anamnesis, all of which, arguably, resonate with Pessoa's poetry translation theory and practice. The article also includes critical transcriptions of unpublished material from Pessoa's Archives held at the National Library of Portugal (Pessoa's Papers) and the Fernando Pessoa House (Pessoa's Private Library), both located in Lisbon.

The present paper focuses on the philological reconstruction and account of Fernando Pessoa's scansion of one verse from Os Lusíadas, as presented in some unpublished draft notes for his projected Treaty of Prosody and Poetics. To begin with, Pessoa's analysis of rhythmic pauses is introduced. Secondly, Robert Bridges' «stress-units» are presented, which constituted the main inspiration for Pessoa's scansion. Furthermore, a brief interpretation in terms of the generative theory of meter is put forward, which underscores the analogies and differences between the two linguistic traditions Pessoa worked with. Last but not least, the implications of Pessoa's scansion for phrasing in Camões' verse are also taken into account. A critical transcription of Pessoa' s analysis on Camões is included in the Annex.

Literary Onomastics Studies, 2014

The essays that follow derive from these two events. The first one was held at the Fernando Pessoa House in Lisbon on 3 July 2014 and the second on 17 and 18 April 2015 at Brown University. Major sponsorship for this event came from the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies. «Among the many things they cover, the essays gathered in this important and highly original volume, sometimes individually but certainly cumulatively, make the case for taking seriously Fernando Pessoa’s large body of poetry written in English. Moreover, they suggest, if only by implication, that Pessoa deserves a place in the long and distinguished traditions of English poetry. Few if any have hitherto had the courage to make the claim for his inclusion in the illustrious group of English poets» [George Monteiro]. Inside the Mask: The English Poetry of Fernando Pessoa [A printed edition of Pessoa Plural—a Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, nº. 10] Gávea-Brown Publications at Brown University Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies © 2018 Brown University All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Various authors Editor: Patricio Ferrari Editors-in-Chief of Pessoa Plural: Onésimo Almeida, Paulo de Medeiros, and Jerónimo Pizarro Copyeditor: Mark Streeter Design and cover art: Gabriela Lissa Sakajiri Typeset: Perpetua by Eric Gill; Josefin Sans by Santiago Orozco ISBN: 978-0-943722-42-9 (paperback) Library of Congress Control Number: 2017945064

Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, 2016

STOUGH, Cary , "The Incomplete English Poems of Fernando Pessoa" (2016). Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, No. 10, Fall, pp. 568-574. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.7301/Z0N014QD Is Part of: Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, Issue 10 The Incomplete English Poems of Fernando Pessoa [Os Poemas Ingleses Incompletos de Fernando Pessoa] https://doi.org/10.7301/Z0N014QD PESSOA, Fernando (2000). Poesia Inglesa II. Edited and translated into Portuguese by Luisa Freire. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim.

2024

Study about the musical semantics, rhetoric and prosody of Lino José Nunes (1789-1847) while setting music to poems in the Portuguese language in his three Brazilian imperial modinhas, published collectively by Laforge in 1842 (and republished by Doderer, 1984): "Cupido, tirando dos hombros a aljava" ["Cupid, taking the quiver from his shoulders"], "De huma simples amizade" ["From a simple friendship"] and "Se os meus suspiros podessem" ["If my whispers could"]. The methodological procedures include analyses of (a) the semantic, rhetorical and prosodic content of the poems, (b) the text-sound binomials that Lino created in his compositional process, and (c) the text-sound-images trinomials proposed for the edition of theatrical performances of the three modinhas. The results reveal that (1) one of the anonymous authors of the poems happens to be Tomás Antônio Gonzaga, the famous Arcadian poet, magistrate and revolutionary character of the Conjuração Mineira (1789); (2) the poems contain index-words that suggest very contrasting atmospheres, based on three universal emotions: fear, sadness and joy; (3) Lino's sophisticated approach to construct text-music binomials as far as melodies, harmony and prosody; and (4) the free instrumentation of imperial modinhas allowed for the construction of theatrical performance editions for trio of voice, double bass and piano (Nunes, 2015a, 2015b; Nunes and Gonzaga, 2015) with props according to poetic moods and performance practices of both operatic and popular music environments experienced by Lino. Finally, these results also suggest the need to challenge the musicological viewpoint in which Lino's teacher, Padre José Maurício Nunes Garcia, had no skills to write properly songs in Portuguese.

Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, 2012

Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, 2012 FERRARI, Patricio., "Genetic Criticism and the Relevance of Metrics in Editing Pessoa's Poetry" de Fernando Pessoa" (2012). Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, No. 2, Fall, pp. 1-57. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.7301/Z0VD6WZJ Is Part of: Pessoa Plural―A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies, Issue 2 Genetic Criticism and the Relevance of Metrics in Editing Pessoa’s Poetry [Crítica genética e a relevância da métrica na edição da poesia pessoana] https://doi.org/10.7301/Z0VD6WZJ ABSTRACT Ever since the posthumous editorial process of Fernando Pessoa's writings began in 1942, editors have found themselves confronted with several challenging tasks: one of them, undoubtedly, has been the deciphering of the author's handwriting. Today, seventy years later, an important number of manuscripts remain unpublished, while numerous other transcriptions need to be revised. The present article concerns a small corpus that falls within the latter group of texts insofar as it reviews the transcriptions of one Portuguese poem, an unfinished French sonnet, three fragmentary English odes and a later English poem. I propose to undertake the revision of the selected corpus essentially with the aid of metrics. Particular attention shall be given to the genesis of each one of these compositions. RESUMO Desde que o processo editorial póstumo dos escritos de Fernando Pessoa começou em 1942, os editores têm-se confrontado com diversos desafios, um deles sendo, indubitavelmente, a decifração da caligrafia do autor. Hoje, setenta anos mais tarde, uma importante quantidade de manuscritos mantém-se inédita, outra parte ainda necessita de ser revista. O presente artigo diz respeito a um pequeno corpus deste segundo conjunto, na medida em que revê as transcrições de um poema em português, um soneto inacabado em francês, três odes fragmentárias em inglês e um poema posterior em língua inglesa. Proponho-me abordar a revisão do corpus seleccionado essencialmente com base na métrica. Será dada uma atenção particular à génese de cada um destes poemas. BIBLIOGRAPHY I. PRIMARY SOURCES 1.1.FERNANDO PESSOA’S ARCHIVE National Library of Portugal (Archive 3) 1.2. FERNANDO PESSOA’S WORKS PESSOA, Fernando (2009). Cadernos. Edição de Jerónimo Pizarro. Edição Crítica de Fernando Pessoa, Série Maior, Volume XI, tomo I. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda. ____ (2005). Poesia. 1902-1917. Edição de Manuela Parreira da Silva, Ana Maria Freitas e Madalena Dine. Lisboa: Assírio & Alvim. ____ (2001). “Aux frontières de la littérature: les poèmes français de Fernando Pessoa”, in Fernando Pessoa: OEuvres poétiques. 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