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Clepsydra and Other Poems

Clepsydra and Other Poems - Adamastor Series

Paperback (30 Apr 2022) | English,Portuguese

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Publisher's Synopsis

The first and only collection of poems to be published by the Portuguese writer Camilo Pessanha during his lifetime, Clepsydra is the crowning achievement of the Portuguese symbolist movement. Meditating on the inexorable flow of time, Pessanha sets the music of his verses against the babbling water clock that gives the book its title. This new annotated translation by Adam Mahler recreates in English the haunting melodies and evocative dreamscapes that were widely admired and emulated by Portuguese modernists such as Fernando Pessoa. In addition to the thirty poems of the original 1920 publication, the bilingual volume features eighteen compositions that appeared in subsequent editions, making it the most comprehensive English translation of Clepsydra to date.

Book information

ISBN: 9781951470081
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Imprint: Tagus Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 869.141
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English,Portuguese
Number of pages: 162
Weight: 238g
Height: 140mm
Width: 217mm
Spine width: 21mm