The Presence of Pessoa

"A fine piece of research. The chapter discussing Pessoa's influence on myself is very original in its comparison of my novel Love in the Days of Rage and Pessoa's novella, The Anarchist Banker, laying bare the enormous debt I owe Pessoa."—Lawrence Ferlinghetti

"Characterized by meticulous scholarship, clear writing, and attention to connections and relationships, the essays relate fascinating details about celebrated poets who discovered Pessoa and what they made of him."—Choice

"Shows that Pessoa has always enjoyed a secret reputation in the English-speaking world as a 'poet's poet'."—Parnassus

"Explores the responses of contemporary writers, including Joyce Carol Oates, Allen Ginsberg, John Wain, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, to the work of the Portuguese-corn, South African-raised writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)."—American Literature

"By carefully weaving together literary history,• unobtrusive biographical anecdote, and secondary sources With penetrating textual analysis, Monteiro makes this a fascinating narrative to read"—Francisco Cota Fagundes, University of Massachusetts at Amherst