35 Sonnets
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| Author | Fernando Pessoa |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Published | 1918 (Monteiro & Co.) |
| Publication place | Portugal |
| Media type | Print (chapbook) |
| Pages | 20 pp |
| OCLC | 18125186 |
| Text | 35 Sonnets at Wikisource |
35 Sonnets is a collection of sonnets by Fernando Pessoa (Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa) published by the author in 1918.
Publication
[edit]35 Sonnets is one of two books self-published by Pessoa in 1918 under the publisher name Monteiro & Co, the other book published in 1918 was Antinous, A Poem. 35 Sonnets was printed by Lamas, Motta & C.a, 100, Rua da Alegria, Lisbon, and Antinous by Sociedade Typographica Editora. 35 Poems has a height of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).[1] The author sent copies to several British literary journals.[2][3] There is no colophon supplying the actual date of printing of each book, but given the different printers employed, it may be assumed that some time elapsed between them.
Reception
[edit]35 Sonnets received fairly positive reviews from various British journals.[2] A Glasgow Herald review was positive, but noted that the sonnets bore a "crabbedness of speech," likely due to an "imitation of a Shakespearean trick."[4] However, a reviewer from the Times Literary Supplement said of 35 Sonnets that the author's "command of English is less remarkable than his knowledge of Elizabethan English."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ 35 sonnets. OCLC 18125186. Retrieved 22 November 2012 – via WorldCat.
- ^ a b Zenith, pg. 19.
- ^ Howes, R.W. "Fernando Pessoa, Poet, Publisher and Translator" (PDF). Electronic British Library Journal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-07.
Copies of the two volumes were sent to various newspapers and journals in Britain and reviews appeared in The Scotsman, the Glasgow Herald, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Athenaeum.
- ^ Zenith, pg. 5.
- ^ Zenith, pg. 4.
External links
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Zenith, Richard (2006). A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems. Penguin. p. 436. ISBN 9780143039556.
- The English Poetry of Pessoa
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