
Crossing Cultures
Nineteenth-Century Anglophone Literature in the Low Countries
Edited by Tom Toremans and Walter Verschueren
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VIEW Edited volume - ebook - PDFWith contributions by: Cees Koster, Ton van Kalmthout, Kris Steyaert, Anne van Buul, Susanna De Schepper, Lieven D’hulst, Francis Mus, Karen Vandemeulebroucke, Liselotte Vandenbussche, Suzan van Dijk, Lizet Duyvendak, Laura Kirkley, Stefanie Walker.
Contents
Walter Verschueren (Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel) “Introduction.”
Part 1 The Critical Reception and Translation of English Literature in the Netherlands
Cees Koster (Universiteit Utrecht), “Fame and Fortune in the Field of Shakespeare Translation: the Case of A.S. Kok.”
Ton van Kalmthout (Huygens Instituut, Den Haag), “Eccentric Authors: Cd. Busken Huet and Taco H. de Beer on English Literature.”
Kris Steyaert (Université de Liège), “Elusive Poets, Fugitive Texts: The Impact of the London Shelley Society in the Low Countries.”
Anne van Buul (Universiteit Groningen), “British Influences on Dutch Book Designs: A Case Study on Dutch Bibliophilic Editions of Works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.”
Susanna De Schepper (University of Warwick), “George Eliot on the Dutch Market, 1860-1896.”
Part 2 The Critical Reception and Translation of English Literature in Belgium
Lieven D'hulst (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), “'English Literature in Belgium': Some Introductory Remarks.”
Francis Mus (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), “The Image of English Literature in Belgian Avant-Garde Periodicals.”
Karen Vandemeulebroucke (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), “Presence and Treatment of English Poetry in 19th-Century Belgian Literary Periodicals.”
Liselotte Vandenbussche (Hogeschool Gent/Universiteit Gent), “The Import of English Literature by Women Translators in Flanders, 1870-1914. A Comparative Survey.”
Part 3 Women's Writing in Dutch Translation
Suzan van Dijk (Universiteit Utrecht), “Researching Women's Place in the Literary Field: Anglophone Authors in the Netherlands.”
Suzan van Dijk (Universiteit Utrecht), “Was Jane Austen Read in the 19th-Century Netherlands?”
Lizet Duyvendak (Open Universiteit Nederland), “English Reading in a Dutch Library for Women, 1894-1900.”
Laura Kirkley (University of Cambridge), “Feminism in Translation: Re-Writing the Rights of Woman.”
Stephanie Walker and Suzan Van Dijk (Universiteit Utrecht), “What Literary Historians 'Forgot': American Women Authors in the 19th-Century Netherlands.”
Contributors
Format: Edited volume - hardback
Size: 240 × 160 mm
218 pages
ISBN: 9789058677334
Publication: May 11, 2009
Languages: English
Stock item number: 55867
Walter Verschueren is Professor of American literature and translation studies at the Faculty of Language and Literature of the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel and is affiliated researcher at the Department of Literary Studies of KU Leuven. He is co-founder and member of the steering committee of the Centre for European Reception Studies.
Despite its minor inconsistencies in periodization and terminology, 'Crossing Cultures' is certain to contain invigorating and thought-provoking insights for those interested in reception studies in general or for those specializing in broad array of topics, including the interplay of (literary) translation and ideology.
Pim Verhulst, Universiteit Antwerpen, English Text Construction 4:1 (2011)