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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131391003321

Autore

Gorter Herman <1864-1927, >

Titolo

Poems of 1890 : a selection / / Herman Gorter ; translated by Paul Vincent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : UCL Press, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (91 pages) : 1 portrait

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Disciplina

839.3116

Soggetti

Dutch poetry

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the the Dutch.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91)

Sommario/riassunto

Commonly viewed as a revolutionary and propagandist Herman Gorter (1864-1927) is often overlooked despite his lasting contribution to Dutch poetry. This selection of thirty-one poems, translated by Paul Vincent, focuses on Gorter's experimental love and nature lyrics in Poems of 1890, and the Introduction sets the poems in the context of his earlier seminal work 'Mei' (May) as well as his often neglected Socialist verse.The lyrical expansiveness, consistent use of rhyme and vivid imagery of the Dutch landscape that characterises 'Mei' evolves into more fragmentary verse in Poems of 1890, and the joyful celebratory tone of Gorter's poetry increasingly co-exists with a sense of isolation and introspection. This can be viewed in the context of a rapidly changing political scene in Europe in the prelude to the First World War and the Russian Revolution. This is a valuable collection that revisits Gorter's literary and political legacy, and introduces English-speaking readers to a selection of his most accessible and lyrical poems.