PESSOA IN AN INTERTEXTUAL WEB
INFLUENCE AND INNOVATION
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Pessoa in an Intertextual Web
Influence and Innovation
EDITED BY DAVID G. FRIER
Modern Humanities Research Association and Routledge 2012
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Contents
Guide
To Rhian,
in celebration of life in our own Rua dos Douradores
I would wish to express my gratitude first of all to the Instituto Cames, whose generous support for academic and cultural activities at the University of Leeds made it possible to invite many distinguished Pessoan scholars (including several of those published within these pages) to come to Leeds and present their work to the Depart ment. The annual Pessoa symposium at Leeds has generated much friendly and engaging discussion around the figure of Fernando Pessoa, and the support so generously offered to the University by the Instituto Cames has also enabled the con vivial sense of community which further develops the quality of the work of each contributor. Thanks are also due to the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Leeds for their generous financial contribution towards the publication of the present volume.
On a personal level, I would particularly like to thank Sofia Martinho, the present Leitora of the Instituto Cames at Leeds, for her valuable work in raising the funding for the symposia held during her time in Leeds and for her valuable contributions to the publicity and organization of those events, as well as to Rhian Atkin who (as well as contributing one of the chapters to this volume) was carrying out her research work in Leeds during the period covered by the four symposia. Her enthusiastic assistance with staging and organizing all aspects of these events (not least the preparation of a memorable Pessoan-themed dinner in February 2009) were invaluable, and her constant support, advice and encouragement have been indispensable in enabling me to complete the preparation of this volume. She also very kindly agreed to translate into English the chapter by Pedro Eiras, originally given in Portuguese. And I would also like to thank other colleagues at Leeds, notably Stephanie Dennison and Richard Cleminson, for their support for these ventures into the bewildering but ever-rewarding world of Pessoan studies.
Thanks are also due to the various contributors for their patience and hard work during the process of editing and production, and particular thanks are due to Richard Correll for his work as copy editor, to Graham Nelson at Legenda for his willingness to answer queries at short notice and resolve all sorts of questions in a practical and positive manner, and to Kirsty Adegboro for her sterling work as indexer. Finally, I offer my thanks to the Museu da Cidade and the Casa Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon for permitting me to take the photographs used on the cover of this volume. As ever, I take responsibility for whatever defects may be detected in the final product, but it has been a privilege and a pleasure to work on such a fulfilling project in collaboration with outstanding scholars.