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Author Gorter, Herman, 1864-1927, author.

Title Poems of 1890 : a selection / Herman Gorter ; edited and translated by Paul Vincent
Published London : UCL Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (91 pages)
Series Open Access e-Books
Contents Introduction: suburbs are as old as the city itself -- Part A: Theoretical preliminaries. 1. The suburb and the city -- 2. The high street as a morphological event -- Part B. Suburban centralities. 3. Suburban continuity and change -- 4. Spatial memory and shifting centrality -- 5. Street quality, street life, street centrality -- 6. Beyond lively streets -- Part C. High street diversity. 7. High street diversity -- 8. High street transactions and interactions -- Case Study 1. High street productivity -- Case Study 2. High streets and the pedestrian realm -- Part D. Everyday sociability. 9. Street interaction and social inclusion -- 10. Sociability and ethnic identity -- 11. Being suburban
Summary 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 Introductionsets 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
Notes Translated from the Dutch
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Gorter, Herman, 1864-1927 -- Translations into English
SUBJECT Gorter, Herman, 1864-1927 fast
Genre/Form poetry.
Translations
Poetry.
Poésie.
Form Electronic book
Author Vincent, Paul (Paul F.), editor, translator
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Other Titles Poems. Selections. English