Literary performances of post-religious memory in the Netherlands : : Gerard Reve, Jan Wolkers, Maarten 't Hart / / by Jesseka M. Batteau.

• VerfasserIn: Batteau, Jesseka M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Mobilizing Memories ; 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This book offers an in-depth study of iconic literary narratives and images of religious transformation and secularisation in the Netherlands during the 1960s and 1970s. Jesseka Batteau shows how Gerard Reve, Jan Wolkers and Maarten 't Hart texts and performances can be understood as instances of religious and post-religious memory with a broad public impact. They contributed to a widely shared perspective on the Dutch religious past and a collective understanding of what secularisation consists of. This uniquely interdisciplinary approach combines insights from literary studies, memory studies, media studies and religious studies and traces the complex dynamics of the circulation of memory and meaning between literary texts, mass media and embodied performances within a post-religious society.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Jesseka Batteau -- Copyright page / Jesseka Batteau -- Acknowledgements / Jesseka Batteau -- List of Illustrations / Jesseka Batteau -- Introduction / Jesseka Batteau -- Chapter 1 Cultural Memory, the Author and Post-Religious Identity / Jesseka Batteau -- Chapter 2 Cultural and Religious Transformations in the Netherlands / Jesseka Batteau -- Chapter 3 (Dis)playing the Roman Catholic Tradition: Gerard Reve / Jesseka Batteau -- Chapter 4 Processing the Protestant Past: Jan Wolkers / Jesseka Batteau -- Chapter 5 Embodying Post-Protestant Identity: Maarten 't Hart / Jesseka Batteau -- Conclusion / Jesseka Batteau -- Original Quotations (Dutch) / Jesseka Batteau -- Bibliography / Jesseka Batteau -- Index / Jesseka Batteau.