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Innocence Abroad explores the process of encounter that took place between the Netherlands and the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The "discovery" of America coincided with the foundation of the Dutch Republic, a correspondence of much significance for the Netherlands.From the opening of their Revolt against Hapsburg Spain throughthe climax of their Golden Age, the Dutch looked to America--in political pamphlets and patriotic histories, epic poetry and allegorical prints, landscape painting and decorative maps--for a means of articulating a new national identity. This book demonstrates how the image of America fashioned by the Dutch, and especially the twin topoi of "innocence" and "tyranny," became integrally associated with evolving political, moral and economic agenda. It investigates the energetic Dutch response to the New World while examining, more generally, the operation of geographic discourse and colonial ideology within the Dutch Golden Age. ... Read more

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A tribute to the Pennsylvania Dutch and their customs and traditions. The distinctive Pennsylvania Dutch dialect translates culture and history into amazing alphabet fun. From "apple butter" to "Zimmerman, Zeager, and Zook" and everything in between, each letter of the alphabet reveals more than just the ABCs. Filled with delightful illustrations, this book also provides insight into the people and their customs, reminding us of simpler times and the power of a strong heritage. ... Read more

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Popular among readers of early printed fiction was the story of a merchant's wife who transformed the misfortune of exile into an opportunity for adventure. Using Boccaccio's rendering as a backdrop, this study of four chapbook versions uncovers links between the themes of the story-fortune, merchant ethics, and women's roles-and the concerns of early modern city dwellers. The author also focuses on the experimental quality of narrative prose in the early printing years. ... Read more

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Born in Holland of East Indian descent, Jan Boon's two pseudonyms corresponded to his two different writerly incarnations. As Tjalie Robinson, the journalist and activist, Boon worked to preserve the distinctive Indo-Dutch ("Indo") culture in the Dutch East Indies. As Vincent Mahieu, he wrote the stories collected in this anthology, unique and engaging stories about the Indos with whom he grew up in the colonial society of the Indies. ... Read more

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Similar to other literary traditions Dutch literature is not restricted to the Netherlands alone. Dutch-language authors do not necessarily have to be from the Netherlands, as Dutch literature is or was also produced in other Dutch-speaking regions, such as Belgium, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles, French Flanders, South Africa and the former Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). In its earliest stages, Dutch literature is defined as those pieces of literary merit written in one of the Dutch dialects of the Low Countries. Before the seventeenth century, there was no unified standard language; the dialects that are considered Dutch evolved from Old Frankish around the 5th century. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on March 22, 1997. The length of the article is 1226 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Troubled Pleasures: Dutch Colonial Literature from the East Indies, 1600-1950.
Author: Frans van Resevelt
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1997
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: v71Issue: n2Page: p398(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Chapters: Medieval Dutch Literature, Jacob Van Maerlant, Tandernaken, Hadewijch, Antwerp Songbook, Gruuthuse Manuscript, Morien, Esmoreit, Derek Pasquill, Gloriant, Apophthegmatum Opus, Lanseloet Van Denemerken, Vanden Winter Ende Vanden Somer, Abele Spelen, Roman Van Ferguut, Melis Stoke, Hein Van Aken, Van Hulthem. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 64. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Medieval Dutch literature is the Dutch literature produced in the Low Countries from the earliest stages of the language up to the sixteenth century. In the earliest stages of the Dutch language, a considerable degree of mutual intelligibility with some (what we now call) German dialects was present, and some fragments and authors are claimed for both realms. Examples include the twelfth-century poet Henric van Veldeke, who is claimed by both Dutch and German literature. In the first stages of Dutch literature, poetry was the predominant form of literary expression. In the Low Countries as in the rest of Europe, courtly romance and poetry were popular genres during the Middle Ages. One such Minnesanger was the aforementioned Van Veldeke. The chivalric epic was a popular genre as well, often featuring King Arthur or Charlemagne (Karel) as protagonist (with notable example of Karel ende Elegast, Dutch for "Charlemagne and the elf-spirit/elf-guest"). Henric van Veldeke.The first Dutch language writer known by name is the twelfth-century County of Loon poet Henric van Veldeke, an early contemporary of Walther von der Vogelweide. Van Veldeke wrote courtly love poetry, a hagiography of Saint Servatius and an epic retelling of the Aeneid in a Limburgish dialect that straddles the Dutch-German language boundary. A number of the surviving epic works, especially the courtly romances, were copies from or expan...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3415925 ... Read more