{"product_id":"stepbrothers-southern-dutch-literature-and-nation-building-under-willem-i-1814-1834-9789004282421","title":"Stepbrothers: Southern Dutch Literature and Nation-Building under Willem I, 1814-1834","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815-1830) was a creation of the Congress of Vienna, where the map of Europe was redrawn following Napoleon’s defeat. Dutch language and literature were considered the essential tools to smoothly fuse the North and South – today, the Netherlands and Belgium respectively. King Willem I tried a variety of measures to stimulate and control literary life in the South, in an effort to encourage unity throughout his kingdom.  Janneke Weijermars describes the driving force of this policy and especially its impact in the South. For some authors, Northern Dutch literature represented the standard to which they aspired. For others, unification triggered a desire to assert their own cultural identity. The quarrels, mutual misunderstandings and subsequent polemics were closely intertwined with political issues of the day. Stepbrothers views the history of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands through a literary lens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements ... ix List of Illustrations ... xi  Introduction ... 1  Part 1: ‘Released from the French Yoke’, 1814–1819  1 The Language and the Literature ... 21       The Language Resolution of 1814 ... 21       Criticism of the Language Resolution ... 27       The Language Resolution in Literature ... 30  2 The Myth of Waterloo ... 40  3 The Book Publishing Industry ... 50       Press Freedom ... 50       Copyright ... 59       The Reprint ... 62       Attempts to Collaborate ... 67  4 The World of Literary Societies ... 70       In Defence of the Rhetorical Tradition ... 70       Chambers of Rhetoric under the Flag of Holland ... 72       Antwerp: Tot Nut der Jeugd ... 76  5 Aen de Belgen (1818) ... 81       ‘An Undefended Case’ ... 81       United in History and Freedom ... 84       Willems’ Family ... 88  6 Epilogue ... 93  Part 2: ‘The Dawn of Freedom, Civilisation and Prosperity’, 1819–1825  7 Education and Literature ... 101       The Situation in Education ... 101       Main Points of Education Policy ... 103       Appointments ... 105       Prejudices, Misfortunes and Abuses ... 108       Successes and Failures ... 112       The Significance of Anthologies, Handbooks and Histories of Literature ... 114  8 The World of Literary Societies ... 121       The Literary Societies ... 121       The Chambers of Rhetoric ... 138       Society for the Benefit of All ... 142  9 The Book Publishing Industry ... 155       Trade in ‘Dutch Books’ ... 155       Attempts to Collaborate ... 157       French Translations ... 159       The Reprint and the Association ... 163  10 Epilogue ... 166  Part 3: The Parting of Minds, 1825–1830  11 Religion and Literature ... 173       A Problematic Royal Decree ... 173       Willems’ ‘Moderate Catholicism’ ... 175       ‘A Hundred Eyes and Still Blind’: The Journal De Argus ... 177  12 The World of Literary Societies ... 183       ‘Institutions of the Devil’ ... 183       New Societies in Lier and Eeklo ... 187  13 Literature ... 194       The Belgische Muzen-Almanak (1826–1830) ... 194       The Almanak voor Blijgeestigen (1826–1831) ... 203       De Argus (1825–1826) ... 206  14 The Book Publishing Industry ... 212       Laurens Janszoon Coster as a Divisive Element ... 212       Attempts to Collaborate ... 216  15 Epilogue .... 224  Epilogue, 1830–1834  16 The Belgian Revolution and Literature ... 237       The South ... 237       The North ... 244       The Belgian Revolution in Literature ... 246  17 Commentary ... 250  Notes to Literature References ... 253 Bibliography ... 290 Index ... 310","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210656604503,"sku":"9789004282421","price":144.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stepbrothers-southern-dutch-literature-and-nation-building-under-willem-i-1814-1834-9789004282421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}