Poems of 1890
Herman Gorter published 'Poems of 1890' a year after his highly successful debut collection May. It marked a radical departure, not only for Dutch poetry but in a European context.
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Herman Gorter
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Herman Gorter
Herman Gorter was a leading member of the Eighties Movement, which had a powerful influence on Dutch writing in the late nineteenth century. The 4,000-verse epic poem 'May' of 1889 sealed his reputation as a great writer and is still regarded as the pinnacle of Dutch Impressionist literature.