A Literary History of the Low Countries
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740 Pages

22.8 x 15.2 cm

113 b/w, 7 line illus.

Imprint: Camden House

A Literary History of the Low Countries

Edited by Theo Hermans

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An authoritative volume that is the first literary history of the Netherlands and Flanders in English since the 1970s

What was the written culture behind visual artists like Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Rubens? What made the historical novel in nineteenth-century Flanders so different from its counterpart in Holland? What was the literary impact of the huge colonial empires run by the Netherlands and Belgium? What role did Latin, French, and Frisian play in the literary culture of the Low Countries through the ages? Why is experimental writing so prevalent in modern Dutch literature? What has made Cees Nooteboom an internationally acclaimed author? And how does Flemish relate to Dutch anyway? This first literary history of the Netherlands and Flanders in English since the 1970s answers these and many other questions. Written by a team of Dutch and Flemish subject specialists, it offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the literature of the Dutch-speaking area from the medieval period up to the present day. While itfocuses on literature written in Dutch, it also assesses the significance of writings in French, Latin, and Frisian.

Contributors: Ton Anbeek, Willem van den Berg, Jaap Goedegebuure, E. K. Grootes, Anne Marie Musschoot,Frits van Oostrom, Herman Pleij, M. A. Schenkeveld-van der Dussen, Marleen de Vries.

Theo Hermans is Professor of Dutch and Comparative Literature at University College London.
The Middle Ages until circa 1400
The Late Middle Ages and the Age of Rhetoricians, 1400-1560
The Dutch Revolt and the Golden Age, 1560-1700
Literature of the Enlightenment, 1700-1800
The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1880
Renewal and Reaction, 1880-1940
The Postwar Period, 1940-
Bibliography
List of English Translations of Literary Works
Index
"This is a feast for the comparatist. . . . It is not an exaggeration to say that a reading of these 700 pages is an adventure in liberal arts education in the profoundest sense." CHOICE
"This new history of Dutch literature in English is a book for a global reading public.... [It is] particularly important that more attention has been paid to Flemish literature. The editors, authors, and translators have rendered a great service to Dutch literature with this book." INTERNATIONALE NEERLANDISTIEK
"[An] ambitious undertaking . . . a landmark . . . ." MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW

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Title Details

740 Pages

2.28 x 1.52 cm

113 b/w, 7 line illus.

Imprint: Camden House