The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Verwey, Albert
(äl´brt vrv´) (KEY) , 1865–1937, Dutch poet. His early verse was melodious, spontaneous, and evocative and showed the influence of Wordsworth; later works became increasingly dissonant and complex. Verwey came to believe that the primary role of poetry was to function as a social force, and he promoted his views in his periodical, the Bewiging [movement] (1905–19), and as professor of Dutch literature at Leiden (1924–35).
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