Van Deyssel’s beautifully indecent book, or: how to return a compliment
Albert Verwey wrote about Lodewijk van Deyssel's 1887 novel Een Liefde (A Love), considered pornographic at the time: Van Deyssel's novel has two qualities. It is beautiful and it is indecent. Because of its indecency, it is either being ignored or called names---in turn I want to praise it for its beauty. That novel is [...]
