10 Modern Essays From Flanders, S.l.: Flemish P.E.N. Centre, 1978. Paperback, 169 pp. 21 x 11,7 cm in steel blue metallic wrappers.
A collection of ten essays by Flemish writers, academics, and journalists mostly published between 1969 and 1977 in books and Flemish periodicals such as Ons Erfdeel, Dietsche Waranda & Belfort, Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift, Spectator.
Translations into English by Adrienne Dixon, Scott Rollins, David Smith
A great introduction to post-World War II prose in Flanders and to the literary analytical discourse of the 1970s.
- B.F. van Vlierden, Between reality and imagination (1969)
- Marcel Janssens, A smaller letter (1975)
- Hugo Bousset, Dutch Literature at a three-forked road (1977)
- E. van Itterbeek, Literature and Politics (1976)
- Ivo Michiels, Avant-Garde and Tradition (1976)
- Mark Insingel, Attendant Phenomena (1977)
- Claude van de Berge, The Literature of Consciousness (1976)
- Willem M. Roggeman, A Conversation with Hugo Raes (1975)
- Georges Wildemeersch, Hugo Claus and the dead beloved (1974)
- Paul de Wispelaere, A Study of Louis Paul Boon and his novel 'Forgotten Street' 1946 (1975)
A very good copy of this really scarce volume in steel blue metallic wrappers. Great vintage feel thanks to Julien Vangansbeke's layout. A real collector's item. Ex libris Dirk van Bastelaere, with signed bookplate 'Nederlands' on 2nd cover.