Project Gutenberg 2011-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 177 Bithell, Jethro 1878 1962 Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell E-text prepared by Christine Bell and Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) "Contemporary Belgian Poetry" by Jethro Bithell is a collection of selected and translated poems written in the early 20th century. The work serves as a showcase for the vibrant and diverse voices of Belgian poets, capturing a distinct period in Belgium's literary renaissance influenced by various European artistic movements. This anthology features notable names such as Émile Verhaeren, Max Elskamp, and Maurice Maeterlinck, exploring themes of beauty, nature, and the profound depths of human experience. The opening of the anthology presents an introduction to the poets included, detailing the significance of the Belgian literary scene in relation to broader European trends. Bithell outlines the influences of Impressionism, Symbolism, and naturalism on the featured poets, setting the stage for a collection that reflects the complexities of the human spirit during a time of cultural awakening in Belgium. The introduction acknowledges the dual linguistic heritage of the country while meticulously presenting a myriad of poetic styles and themes that resonate throughout the era, laying the groundwork for the individual poems that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en French poetry -- Translations into English Belgian poetry (French) -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 393917 393719 2024-09-15T05:56:45.233636 2023-09-15T11:31:35.598059 text/html text/html 412756 2011-03-08T11:24:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 131808 2011-03-08T11:27:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 188700 2024-09-15T05:57:09.254514 application/epub+zip 188813 2024-09-15T05:56:53.872583 application/epub+zip 188813 2024-09-15T05:56:49.378610 application/epub+zip 371874 2024-09-15T05:57:14.191485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302181 2024-09-15T05:57:01.737567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318531 2022-09-16T09:30:38.925295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291191 291037 2024-09-15T05:56:43.161659 2023-09-15T11:31:33.601036 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 290735 2011-03-08T11:20:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 115302 2011-03-08T11:20:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 290750 2011-03-08T11:20:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 115030 2011-03-08T11:20:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20053 2024-09-15T05:57:14.341474 application/rdf+xml 13679 2024-09-15T05:56:49.811619 image/jpeg 3736 2024-09-15T05:56:49.595612 image/jpeg 177397 2024-09-15T05:56:45.264632 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog