Dutch and Flemish Literature as World Literature

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.>

About the author

Theo D’haen is Professor of English and American Literatures, KU Leuven, Belgium. He is the author or editor of 53 books, including The Routledge Concise History of World Literature (2012), American Literature: A History (with Hans Bertens, 2014), World Literature: A Reader (edited with César Domínguez and Mads Rosendahl, 2013), A World History of Literature (2012), The Routledge Companion to World Literature (edited with David Damrosch and Djelal Kadir, 2012), and Crime Fiction as World Literature (edited with David Damrosch and Louise Nilsson, Bloomsbury, 2017).

Product details

• Authors: Theo D'haen, Theo (Ku Leuven D''''haen, Theo (Ku Leuven Belgium) Beebee D''''haen
• Assisted by: Thomas Oliver Beebee (Editor), Theo D'haen (Editor), Theo (KU Leuven D'haen (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781501340123
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-4012-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Literatures as World Literatur; Literatures as World Literature; Literatures as World Literatur
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies