35 Sonnets

35 Sonnets
Cover page
Author Fernando Pessoa
Country Portugal
Language English
Genre Poetry
Published 1918 (Monteiro & Co.)
Media type Print (chapbook)
Pages 20 pp
OCLC 18125186[1]
Text 35 Sonnets at Wikisource

35 Sonnets is a poetry book by Fernando Pessoa published in 1918.

Publication

One of two books self-published by Pessoa in 1918, the author sent copies to several British literary journals.[2] It has a height of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).[1]

Reception

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."[3] 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."[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "35 sonnets". Worldcat. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 Zenith, pg. 19.
  3. ↑ Zenith, pg. 5.
  4. ↑ Zenith, pg. 4.

Sources

  • Zenith, Richard (2006). A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems. Penguin. p. 436. ISBN 9780143039556.


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