Troubled Pleasures Dutch Colonial Literature from the East Indies, 1600-1950

Name: Troubled Pleasures Dutch Colonial Literature from the East Indies, 1600-1950
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ISBN: 9780198158837

ISBN-10: 0198158831

ISBN-13: 9780198158837

Edition: 1996

Authors: E. M. Beekman

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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 survey of Dutch 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, the study is enhanced by a consideration of the general political history of European expansion and of the Dutch East Indies.

Book details

List price: $135.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/23/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 672
Size: 6.44" wide x 9.56" long x 1.78" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English



A note on Spelling



Literary Premises



General Historical Introduction



Mastering the Oceans: The Dutch Contribution to Maritime History



The First Voyage to the East Indies (1595-1597) and the Beginning of Colonial Literature



Rumphius (1628-1702): Seeing Tropical Nature Whole



F. Valentijn (1666-1727): A Master of Anecdotal Prose



F. W. Junghuhn (1809-1864): Elevating Tropical Nature



Dekker/Multatuli (1820-1887): The Dialogic Truth from the Tropics



Louis Couperus (1863-1923): The Magic of the Ineffable



Alexander Cohen (1864-1963): Life in the Colonial Army



P. A. Daum (1850-1898): Dutch Colonial Society and the American South



Kartini (1879-1904): The Paradox of Colonialism



E. du Perron (1899-1940): The House of Memory



Beb Vuyk (1905-1991): The Wild Green Smell of Adventure



Maria Dermout (1888-1961): The Instinct of the Heart



H. J. Friedericy (1900-1962): An Actor with a Pen



J. J. Th. Boon/Vincent Mahieu/Tjalie Robinson (1911-1974): Anak Betawie



Rob Nieuwenhuys/E. Breton de Nijs (born 1908): Making It Stick



Willem Walraven (1887-1943): The Indies as a Mousetrap



A. Alberts (born 1911): The Indies as a Modern Mystery


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index