Dark Romanticism is a literary subgenre from the 19th century, whose practitioners are claimed to emphasize human fallibility and proneness to sin and self-destruction. This pessimistic nature, but also the desperate attempts to overcome such dark sentiments, are prominent in the work of many 19th-century French, British, German and American authors. Kees Godefrooij was strongly inspired by the work of such writers. His Dark Romantic leanings come to the fore in this collection. Feel free to acquaint yourself with Godefrooij's black-satin, red-velvet poetry, which harbours the volcanism of passion, where infidelity serves Eros in an unbridled voracity of voluptuous affairs. By all means, read this collection and indulge in some sinful rolling on the rapturous tide of prey-greedy, adulterous poems under the mantle of an unchaste Black Madonna...This international publication features examples of Godefrooij's work in English and French translation.