Eighteen short essays by the most distinguished international scholars examine Pessoa's influences, his dialogues with other writers and artistic movements, and the responses his work has generated worldwide.Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa claimed that he did not evolve, but rather travelled. This book provides a state of the art panorama of Pessoa's literary travels, particularly in the English-speaking world. Its eighteen short, jargon-free essays were written by the most distinguished Pessoa scholars across the globe. They explore the influence on Pessoa's thinking of such writers as Whitman and Shakespeare, as well as his creative dialogues with figuresranging from decadent poets to the dark magician Aleister Crowley, and, finally, some of the ways in which he in turn has influenced others. They examine many different aspects of Pessoa's work, ranging from the poetry of the heteronyms to the haunting prose of The Book of Disquiet, from esoteric writings to personal letters, from reading notes to unpublished texts. Fernando Pessoa's Modernity Without Frontiers is a valuable introduction to this multifaceted modern master, intended for both students of modern literature and general readers interested in one of its major figures.

List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword - Helder MacedoIntroduction - Mariana Gray de CastroChronology of Pessoa's Life and Work - Richard Zenith'O Deus Que Faltava': Pessoa's Theory of Lyric Poetry - Maria Irene Ramalho de Sousa SantosPessoa and Walt Whitman Revisited - Richard ZenithThe Poet as Hero: Pessoa and Carlyle - Leyla Perrone-MoisesÁlvaro de Campos, English Decadent - George MonteiroPessoa's Unmodernity: Ricardo Reis - Helena BuescuFrom FitzGerald's Omar to Pessoa's Rubaiyat - Jeronimo PizarroThe Solitary Reaper Among Men (and Some Women) - Anna M. KlobuckaMostrengos - Rui Goncalves MirandaInverted Aesthetics: Pessoa, Campos and António Botto's Canções - Mark SabinePessoa, Shakespeare's Sonnets, and the Problem of Gaspar Simões - Mariana Gray de CastroThe Alchemical Path: Esoteric Influence in the Works of Fernando Pessoa and W. B. Yeats - Patrícia Silva McNeill.An Implausible Encounter and a Theatrical Suicide - its Prologue and Aftermath: Fernando Pessoa and Aleister Crowley - Steffen DixBernardo Soares, Pig of Destiny! - Rhian AtkinThe Birth of Literature - Antonio M. FeijoThe Ecology of Writing: Maria José's Fernando Pessoa - Victor MendesPatrícia Galvão on Pessoa in Brazil, 1955-1961 - K. David JacksonGreat Pessoans: A Tribute - Jose BlancoBibliography