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.

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