Simon Vestdijk - De glanzende kiemcel
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S. Vestdijk - De glanzende kiemcel - Amsterdam - Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep - 1975 - 5e druk - [276] pp - Paperback - 12,5 x 20 cm. - Design: Fons Montens.
Condition: Good - top edge with some vague rust spots. With original promotional card from the publisher laid in (which has caused discolored pages).
Collection of 8 lectures on the nature and technique of poetry by the Dutch writer Simon Vestdijk (1898-1971) held in 1942 / 1943 in the Sint Michielsgestel hostage camp. With table of contents and bibliographical note by Johan Polak.
The first edition appeared in 1950, this is the fifth edition (the first as) Athenaeum Paperback. Standard work on the art of verse. Indispensable for poets and readers.
¶ An attempt to provide as far-reaching as possible an intellectual explanation for the wonder of poetry using the technique of verse. Dealing with the sonnet, roundel, ballad, etc. using examples by R.M. Rilke, Paul Verlaine, P.C. Boutens, Albert Verwey, J.J. Slauerhoff and Martinus Nijhoff.
