Herman Gorter: Poems of 1890
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. 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 p... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Buch |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
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UCL Press
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| Schlagwörter: | Herman Gorter / Dutch poetry / Paul Vincent / translation |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29436308 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471224/1/GORTER%209781910634127%20WEB%20PDF.pdf |
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. 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.