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Women's writing from the low countries 1200-1875

Poel, Dieuwke, Dussen, Riet Schenkeveld-van der, Joldersma, Hermina, Gemert, Lia, Marion, Olga

2025

Overview

This landmark bilingual Dutch-English anthology introduces women's writing in the Low Countries from 1200 to 1875 through a variety of texts characterised by the religious, social, political and feminist engagement of their authors, as well as their extraordinary artistic achievement. Dutch and Flemish female writers produced work of ardent religious passion, ranging from medieval mysticism through the scathing anti- Reformation polemic to pious Anabaptist reflections. Other writers addressed current social and political debates or demonstrated fierce feminist engagement. Talented authors made important contributions to established genres such as the sonnet and the social novel or introduced new ones, like the epistolary novel. This invaluable volume, the first of its kind, explores and illustrates the challenges and accomplishments of women's historical involvement in the literary world of the Low Countries. \"This book provides a welcome English translation of a marvelous anthology of women's religious and secular writing over many centuries. The fresh translations and engaging introductions demonstrate the ways that women in the Low Countries shaped the intellectual and cultural developments of their eras.\"

• Publisher: Routledge
• ISBN: 9089641297, 9789089641298