The low countries - Aa
arts and society in flanders and the Netherlands
KORTE INHOUD
In 1993 Dutch literature was, for the first time, the guest of honour at the Frankfurter
Buchmesse, the biggest book fair in the world. This year it will again be the guest of honour,
which is unique. It is not a nation state but a language that links this literature, written in
Flanders, the Netherlands and the ‘warmer parts of the kingdom’ such as Suriname and the
Antilles.
Blessed are a language that is spoken and a literature that is written in different countries.
They can only be enriched by it.
There are many clichés doing the rounds about the different characteristics of Dutch
language and literature in the North and the South. Apparently minimalism is prized in the
North. Writing there is sober and accurate. In the South, on the other hand, extravagance –
linguistic diversity and impurity, mannerism – is said to be rife. The critic Kees Fens once
used the metaphor of black pudding and cheese to characterise the literature of Flanders
and the Netherlands.
But the truth is more nuanced.
In five substan...
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2016Uitgever: Ons Erfdeel vzw320 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 235x170x23ISBN-10: 9079705241ISBN-13: 9789079705245Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2016, 315pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition. [Auteur: AA] [Uitgever: The Flemish-Dutch cultural institution / Ons Erfdeel vzw 24] [Titel: TLC. The Low Countries. Arts and society in Flanders and The Netherlands]
