Dutch and Flemish Literature as World Literature

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The recent return of 'world literature' to the centre of literary studies has entailed an increased attention to non-European literatures, but in turn has also further marginalized Europe's smaller literatures. Dutch and Flemish Literature as World Literature shows how Dutch-language literature, from its very beginnings in the Middle Ages to the present, has not only always taken its cue from the 'major' literary traditions of Europe and beyond, but has also actively contributed to and influenced these traditions. The contributors to this book focus on key works and authors, providing a concise, yet highly readable, history of Dutch-language literature and demonstrating how this literature is anchored in world literature. Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 A King and Two Foxes: Middle Dutch Literature on European Crossroads Geert H.M. Claassens 2 John of Ruusbroec (1293–1381), Celebrated Mystagogical Author of The Spiritual Espousals Kees Schepers 3 Die Rose by Heinric of Brussels, the Brabantine Version of the Old French Romance of the Rose Anne Reynders 4 Courtly Literature in the Low Countries and Germany: Jacob van Maerlant and Rudolf von Ems Bart Besamusca 5 The Many Returns of Elckerlijc: Every Man’s Mirror of Salvation Geert Warnar 6 Joost van den Vondel (Cologne 1587 Amsterdam 1679) as Writer/Translator: Literacy in Transit Marco Prandoni 7 Multatuli – His Work Through the World Jaap Grave 8 How a Flemish Writer Turned Global: The Nineteenth-century Journey of Hendrik Conscience’s Early Novellas Lieven D’hulst 9 Louis Couperus in Translation Ruud Veen 10 Dutch Literature and the Global System of Indentured Labour, 1900–1940 Saskia Pieterse 11 Towards a History of Russian Translations of Dutch Literature: Herman Heijermans and His Play The Good Hope in Russia Irina Michajlova and Sergei Tcherkasski 12 Rescuing Something Fine: Huizinga’s Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen (The Waning of the Middle Ages) as World Literature Elke Brems and Orsolya Réthelyi 13 ‘Glimpses of a poetic genius’: Paul van Ostaijen (1896–1928) and World Literature Geert Buelens 14 Dutch Interbellum Poetry and/as World Literature Theo D’haen 15 Reinventing the Modernist Novel: Louis Paul Boon and Hugo Claus Kris Humbeeck 16 Small Amsterdam and the World Beyond: The Case of the Magazine Barbarber Bart Vervaeck and Dirk de Geest 17 Post-war Dutch Fiction Hans Bertens 18 Expansions Without Affect; Identities Without Globality: Global Novels in Dutch from an Agonistic Perspective Hans Demeyer 19 Orpheus in the Trenches: Modes of Translation in Stefan Hertmans’ War and Turpentine Frank Albers 20 At the Edge of the World and Other Stories: Dutch-Australian Emigration Literature, c. 1945–1990 Ton van Kalmthout Index