Table of Contents

The Middle Ages until circa 1400
The Late Middle Ages and the Age of Rhetoricians, 1400-1560
The Dutch Revolt and the Golden Age, 1560-1700
Literature of the Enlightenment, 1700-1800
The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1880
Renewal and Reaction, 1880-1940
The Postwar Period, 1940-
Bibliography
List of English Translations of Literary Works
Index

Reviews

This is a feast for the comparatist. . . . It is not an exaggeration to say that a reading of these 700 pages is an adventure in liberal arts education in the profoundest sense.
*CHOICE*

This new history of Dutch literature in English is a book for a global reading public.... [It is] particularly important that more attention has been paid to Flemish literature. The editors, authors, and translators have rendered a great service to Dutch literature with this book.
*INTERNATIONALE NEERLANDISTIEK*

[An] ambitious undertaking . . . a landmark . . . .
*MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW*