Introduction to Camilo Pessanha's life and literary work. Introduction to the Symbolism. 

Reading and discussion about:

a) Camilo Pessanha, Selected Poetry, translated by Jeffrey Childs (“Who soiled these linens, who left them stained and torn”, “Images that flicker across the retinas”, “I cannot say if this is love. But if pain grips me”; "I saw a light in a lost country"; "Desires"; "Madrigal"; "Ice Sonnet").

b) Charles Baudelaire, "Correspondences", The Flowers of Evil, Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guil, 1954.

c) John Ashbery, "As You Came From The Holy Land", Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, 1975.