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Our common image of the Middle Ages, constructed partly from popular accounts by Tuchman and Huizinga,is a period in European history when cultural activity was in decay.Van Oostrom convincingly challenges this notion by presenting evidence of a lively medieval court culture in the northern Netherlands. Not only is this a new chapter in Dutch literary and cultural history, it also provides a new perspective on the larger court culture of medieval Europe.Van Oostrom interweaves dynastic history, documentary evidence, art, architecture, and literature in his analysis of the medieval Dutch court. In expanding our knowledge of the period, this exemplary work confronts fundamental questions of how cultures shape themselves and how we can effectively reconstruct and define the past. ... Read more

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Troublemaker. Sinner. Rebel. Pagan. Jew. Heretic. Infidel. These were among the most common terms early Christian writers used to characterize Abraham's slave and concubine Hagar. Mentioned only briefly in the Old Testament, the lowly maidservant was conventionally cast as a villainess, reflecting the patriarchal biases and prejudices of the bible and its interpreters. Paul's allegorical reading of Hagar in Galatians 4-Hagar as a kind of enemy of the Christian Church-assured her ignominy. Hagar's tale is among the more disturbing, complex accounts of a female figure in the Old Testament, a tragic tale of servitude and heir-making surrogacy, followed by expulsion and exile. Sellin looks at Dutch painting to recover Hagar's reputation. Hagar was a major preoccupation in the seventeenth-century Dutch Golden Age, as the many versions of her story in literature and art demonstrate. She is treated with an unprecedented degree of sympathy, mercy, and dignity. The Dutch transformed the outcast into a symbol of redemption and a model of maternity. Hagar's story was interpreted as a didactic domestic drama, touching on topics such as family break-ups, extramarital sex, rivalry between women over men, sibling rivalry, and struggles between husbands and wives and masters and servants. Hagar's story fired the imagination because it offered Dutch artists the equivalent of a modern soap opera. But it also revealed what mattered most to the Dutch and perhaps lay at the heart of the fledgling Republic's success and survival. This included the primacy of the family, an emphasis on domestic well being, and the maintenance of ideal civic order. The paintings reflect that the Dutch developed a tenderness, understanding, and compassion for Hagar that the world had never seen before. Exile in scripture, cast off by Paul, Hagar found refuge among the burghers of the Dutch Republic and given pride of place on the walls of their homes. ... Read more

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This book offers new insights into the rich and varied Dutch literature of the Middle Ages. Sixteen essays written by top scholars consider this literature in the context of the social, historical and cultural developments of the period in which it took shape. The collection includes studies of the most representative authors, genres and works of the time. A comparative chronological survey provides an overview of the main cultural, historical and literary events in Europe and the Netherlands between 1150 and 1500, and the bibliography lists English translations of medieval Dutch texts discussed. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1922.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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The aspects of Dutch Literature discussed in the papers presented in this volume are: The Status of Dutch Literature in the 16th and 17th Centuries; Europe in the 18th Century; Possibilities and Dangers of Aestheticism in Two Novels of Louis Couperus; Foreign Models for the Postwar Poetic Development in the Low Countries; The Bind of Double Metonymy; A Mirror for Translators; The Indonesian Connection; Expressionism and New Objectivity; The Second World War in Dutch and German Literature; Lucebert versus Breytenbach; Leon de Winter and Perter Handke: Varieties of Postmodernism; Postmodern Tendencies in American and Dutch Poetry; Dutch Literature in the World: Diagnosis and Prognosis. Co-published with the American Association for Netherlandic Studies. ... Read more

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This volume marks the second issue of the Publications of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies (PAANS), published under the auspices of the American Association of Netherlandic Studies. Like its predecessor, "Dutch Linguistics at Berkeley 1985," this issue represents a biennial production of the best scholarly papers on Dutch literature presented at the Berkeley conferences. The essays in this volume investigate the historical and cultural phenomenon of the Low Countries, i.e. the Netherlands and the parts of Belgium whose principal language is Dutch. They represent the contributions of both seasoned and new scholars, and reflect the range of literary criticism both modern and postmodern approaches prevalent today as well as challenging re-evaluations of Dutch Literary History. Co-published with the American Association for Netherlandic Studies. ... Read more

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This history of literature in the Carribean focuses on English- and Dutch-speaking regions. Topics covered include: the anglophone Caribbean; literary development - a contrastive history; genre - a contrastive history; The Netherlands, Antilles, Aruba, and Suriname; a mosaic setting - a contrastive history of genre; literary criticism; drama; fiction; and poetry. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The book provides the most inclusive and up-to-date survey of Arthurian works and themes in medieval German and Dutch literature and also treats representations of Arthurian topics, the impact of Arthurian motifs on real life, the revival and adaptation of Arthurian legends in literature, music, drama, and film in the German speaking world from the eighteenth century to the present day. ... Read more

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This book is a collection of twelve articles from the 1995 Berkeley Conference on Dutch Literature, ranging from critical essays on post-war Dutch poets as well as a re-examination of the current literary history of Dutch poetry. It deals with new currents in Dutch poetry, presented by American, Dutch, and Flemish netherlandists. It will be of interest to literary scholars beyond the field of Dutch poetry, since there is a strong comparative component to it; comparing Dutch with non-Dutch poetry. Contents: Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Theo van Doesburg and "De Stijl" in Light of the Fin de Siecle, Mary Kemperink; Postsymbolist Poets and the Dutch Cultural Regime, Marian de Vooght; Melodious Tears: The Struggle for Life and Poetry of Hans Lodeizen (1924-1950), Redbad Fokkema; Anna Enquist and the Contemporary Style in Poetry, Manfred Wolf; Poetry by the Numbers: On the Historiography of Modern Dutch Poetry, Wiljan van den Akker, Gillis Dorleijn; Face to Face: Contemporary Poetry of the Netherlands, Flanders, and Serbia, Jelica Novakovic-Lopusina; Hugo Claus' Poetry: Constants and Variants, Georges Wildemeersch; The Shape of the Heart: On the Transformation of Pain in the Work of Leonard Nolens, Helinde Spahr; With a Caterpillar on the Leaf of His Lips: The Oracular Poetry of Paul Snoek in Hercules, Richelieu, and Nostradamus, Kendall A. Dunkelberg; The Smell of Higher Herring: Some Preliminary Remarks on Dutch Poetry in the Nineties, Jacqueline Del; De Dichter Voor de Klas: Gerrit Kouwenaar en de Professoren, Johan P. Snapper; Contributors' addresses. Co-published with Publications of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies #11 (AAN). ... Read more

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This is the definitive literary history of the colonial Dutch East Indies.Included is a discussion of fictional works and also of materials ranging from religious sermons and pamphlets to the accounts of travelers from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. ... Read more