| Description |
x, 654 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Literary Premises -- 2. General Historical Introduction -- 3. Mastering the Oceans: The Dutch Contribution to Maritime History -- 4. The First Voyage to the East Indies (1595-1597) and the Beginning of Colonial Literature -- 5. Rumphius (1628-1702): Seeing Tropical Nature Whole -- 6. F. Valentijn (1666-1727): A Master of Anecdotal Prose -- 7. F. W. Junghuhn (1809-1864): Elevating Tropical Nature -- 8. Dekker/Multatuli (1820-1887): The Dialogic Truth from the Tropics -- 9. Louis Couperus (1863-1923): The Magic of the Ineffable -- 10. Alexander Cohen (1864-1963): Life in the Colonial Army -- 11. P. A. Daum (1850-1898): Dutch Colonial Society and the American South -- 12. Kartini (1879-1904): The Paradox of Colonialism -- 13. E. du Perron (1899-1940): The House of Memory -- 14. Beb Vuyk (1905-1991): The Wild Green Smell of Adventure -- 15. Maria Dermout (1888-1961): The Instinct of the Heart -- 16. H. J. Friedericy (1900-1962): An Actor with a Pen |
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17. J. J. Th. Boon/Vincent Mahieu/Tjalie Robinson (1911-1974): Anak Betawie -- 18. Rob Nieuwenhuys/E. Breton de Nijs (born 1908): Making It Stick -- 19. Willem Walraven (1887-1943): The Indies as a Mousetrap -- 20. A. Alberts (born 1911): The Indies as a Modern Mystery |
| Summary |
This is the first comprehensive examination of Dutch colonial literature in English. From the journals and travelogues produced by the early mariners, to the fictional recollections of repatriated colonials after the Second World War, E. M. Beekman's unique and magisterial survey of this major colonial literature places literary figures within specific epochs, provides biographical portraits, and examines works in relation not only to their own genres but also to the literatures and cultures beyond their colonial borders. Written by the leading authority in the field, this fascinating and wide-ranging study is enhanced by a consideration of the general political history of European expansion and of the Dutch East Indies |
| Analysis |
Dutch literature |
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Indonesia |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p605-629. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [605]-629) and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Authors, Dutch -- Indonesia -- Biography.
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Authors, Dutch -- Indonesif -- Biography
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Indonesian literature (Dutch) -- History and criticism.
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| SUBJECT |
Indonesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80083633 -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011414
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
95017849 |
| ISBN |
0198158831 |
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