Dutch Interbellum Canons and World Literature A. Roland Holst, M. Nijhoff, J. Slauerhoff (Canon and World Literature)

This text takes a wholly new look at a major early twentieth-century Dutch poet and novelist from the perspective of world literature, situating his work in both a national and a world literary context as measured against contemporaries and near-contemporaries such as Conrad, Pound, Brecht, Segalen, and Malraux. Exemplifying how an author from a “minor” literature may be a “major” world author, this book considers the debates within World Literature regarding the classification of literatures as ‘major’ and ‘minor’, canon formation within Dutch literature, Slauerhoff's position in the Dutch tradition as well as well as his contribution to world literature, particularly focusing on his East Asian poems, his East Asian novels and stories and his poetry and prose set in Latin America. This book is a key read for scholars and students of comparative literature, world literature, European literature, and Dutch literature. Lucid in style, innovative in approach, surprisingly fresh qua topic, this book opens new horizons for literary studies. Preface Contents Chapter 1: Major and Minor in World Literature Works Cited Chapter 2: Dutch-Language Literature and World Literature Works Cited Chapter 3: The Dutch Interbellum Canon The Situation of Dutch-Language Literature in the First Half of the Twentieth Century The Canon Debate The Canon According to Anthologies of Dutch Literature The Canon According to Dutch Literary Histories Conclusion Works Cited Chapter 4: A. Roland Holst Works Cited Chapter 5: M. Nijhoff A Matter of Affinity Nijhoff’s Creative Crises Nijhoff as Translator How Pleasant to Meet Mr Nijhoff Mapping Modernism Works Cited Chapter 6: J. Slauerhoff: The Poetry Works Cited Chapter 7: J. Slauerhoff: Prose Works Cited Chapter 8: Conclusion References Index