{"product_id":"medieval-dutch-literature-in-its-european-context-hardback-9780521402224","title":"Medieval Dutch Literature in its European Context (Hardback) 9780521402224","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMedieval Dutch Literature in its European Context\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA 1994 collection of essays shedding light on medieval Dutch literature set in its socio-historic and cultural context.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErik Kooper (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521402224, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 September 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"the volume contains much that is fascinating, plus some true treasures of discovery....Erik Kooper's volume, which contains a useful bibliography of translations and an excellent four-column chronology, instructively complements the English-based collaboration edited by Caroline Barron and Nigel Saul....It certainly deepens the fascination of this shifting, densely populated bloc of European territories, native ground to anxieties and fantasies that will flower through Bosch and Brueghel and so inaugurate, some might say, the ego's era.\"   David Wallace, Studies in the Age of Chaucer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1994 book offers insights into the rich and varied Dutch literature of the Middle Ages. Sixteen essays written by top scholars consider this literature in the context of the social, historical and cultural developments of the period in which it took shape. The collection includes studies of the most representative authors, genres, works and current fields of research interest, ranging from the court and the city, the world of chivalry, the literature of love, religious literature, drama and the artes texts. The essays draw on the idea of a common tradition in medieval literature, originating in France and shared by other literatures of western Europe. To facilitate the reader's understanding of the European context in which Dutch literature developed, a comparative chronological survey provides an overview of the main cultural, historical and literary events between 1150 and 1500. The bibliography includes details of published English translations of medieval Dutch texts discussed.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Map\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Erik Kooper\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Court and City: 1. Court and city culture in the Low Countries from 1100 to 1530 W. Prevenier\u003cbr\u003e 2. Middle Dutch literature at court (with special reference to the court of Holland-Bavaria) Frits van Oostrom\u003cbr\u003e 3. Heralds, knights and travelling Wim van Anrooij\u003cbr\u003e 4. The rise of urban literature in the Low Countries Herman Pleij\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The World of Chivalry: 5. Middle Dutch Charlemagne romances and the oral tradition of the chansons de geste Evert van den Berg and Bart Besamusca\u003cbr\u003e 6. The prologue to Arturs doet, the Middle Dutch translation of La Mort le Roi Artu in the Lancelot Compilation Bart Besamusca and Orlanda S. H. Lie\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Roman van Walewein, an episodic Arthurian romance J. D. Janssens\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Reynard the Fox: 8. Words and deeds in the Middle Dutch Reynaert stories Paul Wackers\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Literature of Love: 9. Dirc Potter, a medieval Ovid A. M. J. van Buuren\u003cbr\u003e 10. Hovedans: fourteenth-century dancing songs in the Rhine and Meuse area Frank Willaert\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Religious Literature: 11. The saint and the world: the Middle Dutch Voyage of Saint Brendan Clara Strijbosch\u003cbr\u003e 12. Hadewijch: mystic poetry and courtly love J. Reynaert\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Modern Devotion and innovation in Middle Dutch literature Th. Mertens\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Artes Texts: 14. A fourteenth-century vernacular poetics: Jan van Boendale's 'How Writers Should Write' (with a Modern English translation of the text by Erik Kooper) W. P. Gerritsen, H. van Dijk, Orlanda S. H. Lie and A. M. J. van Buuren\u003cbr\u003e 15. From food therapy to cookery-book Ria Jansen-Sieben\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Drama: 16. The drama texts in the Van Hulthem manuscript H. van Dijk\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: bibliography of translations\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: chronological table\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007236854040,"sku":"9780521402224","price":93.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521402224i_664d1326-f126-4411-8dbe-22684d66d506.jpg?v=1691381155","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/medieval-dutch-literature-in-its-european-context-hardback-9780521402224","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}