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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.

Résumé II est certaines contrées du monde où la procréation n'est pratiquement soumise à aucune restriction, mais où l'accroissement de la population se trouve freiné par une mortalité élevée. Si l'on parvenait à y abaisser la mortalité au niveau le plus faible enregistré jusqu'à ce jour, et ceci de façon suffisamment rapide pour que la fécondité n'ait pas le temps d'en être altérée, quel pourrait être le rythme d'accroissement de leur population? Les auteurs pensent pouvoir répondre que le nombre des habitants doublerait alors tous les 16 ou 17 ans, de sorte qu'il risquerait de se trouver multiplié par 64 en un siècle, si la fécondité tardait à décroître.

People call it everything from "walking your dog" to "scratching your bean." Women usually do it at home. Men, it sometimes seems, do it everywhere. Some people think it's healthy; others think it is a sin that will send you straight to hell. But while many people declare that everyone's doing it, no one actually talks about it-outside the pages of Cosmo, masturbation is among the most taboo of topics, not suitable for polite society or public conversation.Mels van Driel boldly breaks this silence in order to help the world overcome its diffidence toward solo sex in With the Hand. Consulting e

This first-of-its-kind anthology offers English-speaking readers a unique chance to become acquainted with the leading Dutch and Flemish women writers since the 1880s. Covering a representative range of public and private genres from poetry, critical essays, travel literature and political commentary to diaries and journals, the fifty-six texts are arranged chronologically and are accompanied by brief introductions, chronologies, and brief guides to the authors and works. It is an important contribution to our understanding of modern European literary canon and the long march of feminist histo