Janus at the Millennium Perspectives on Time in the Culture of the Low Countries
by Shannon, Thomas F.; Snapper, Johan P.; Jansma, : Esther; den Akker, Wiljan van; Dorlejn, Gillis J.; Kemperink, Mary G.; Webber, Philip E.; Bousset, Hugo; Dunkelberg, Kendall; Mourits, Bertram; Feenberg-Dibon, Anne-Marie; Duytschaever, Joris; Zuiderent, AdFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-26
Publisher(s): UPA
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Summary
This volume contains a selection of articles originally presented at the Tenth Interdisciplinary Conference on Netherlandic Studies. These revised contributions, relating to the common theme of Janus and the perspective of time, examine Dutch language and culture from the U.S., Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| J is for Janus, Y is for yes: Young Dutch poetry--an alphabet of influences | p. 1 |
| Talkin' 'bout two generations: The concept of generation in literary historiography | p. 11 |
| Heaven on earth: Speculations on the twentieth century in fin-de-siecle Dutch literature (1890-1910) | p. 25 |
| Tempus (non semper) fugit: Concepts of time in World War II diary fragments from the Netherlands | p. 33 |
| The novel is an onion: Contemporary fiction in the Netherlands and Flanders | p. 43 |
| Poetry of conscience: The social activism of the Flemish Fiftiers | p. 53 |
| Writing in and/or for the here and now: The postmodern implications of context-bound poetry | p. 65 |
| The use of conventions from the mystery genre in contemporary Dutch fiction | p. 75 |
| Crosscultural time in Tone Brulin's People of the void, an operatic adaptation of Wilson Harris' Jonestown | p. 83 |
| The historical pole of the earth: Time in the novels of Gerrit Krol | p. 91 |
| No time for poetry? Leesbevordering and the postmodern idea of poetry in the Netherlands | p. 101 |
| Political correctness at the dawn of the millennium: The representation of the native "other" in colonial literature | p. 113 |
| Children of one father: The impact of the Second World War on Dutch-Jewish relations in the Netherlands West Indies | p. 123 |
| Mati and mangoes: Metaphors that theorize woman-woman desire in Joanna Werners' Amba: Vrouw van het Surinaamse erf | p. 137 |
| Novel, nation, and representation: Representing the native in the Dutch East Indies | p. 145 |
| The postponement of an apotheosis: Sjahrir's lengthy exile | p. 153 |
| The Anglo-Boer War in retrospect | p. 167 |
| Linguistic phenomena in the works of Marga Minco and Gerard Reve | p. 179 |
| Conjuring with time through the tenses: Achterberg's Dream Fate | p. 193 |
| The concept of time in the medieval world view | p. 201 |
| A matter of time: Dutch philosophy of language in the eighteenth century | p. 211 |
| Two centuries of struggle to preserve Dutch language and culture in Brussels | p. 227 |
| Twenty-first century perspectives on language planning in the Dutch language territory | p. 237 |
| The Janus-faced order of adverbials in Dutch and English | p. 245 |
| Art noir: A sign of turbulent times? Investigating the principle of causality in late sixteenth-century religious art in Antwerp | p. 265 |
| The other face of struggle against violence: Peace and order by clemency in the Netherlands, 1500-1650 | p. 279 |
| A collision of time and space: The Belgian railway and the preservation of the rural past | p. 295 |
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