Discord and Consensus in the Low Countries, 1700-2000 /

Discord and Consensus in the Low Countries, 1700-2000 / / edited by Jane Fenoulhet, Gerdi Quist, Ulrich Tiedau.

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All countries, regions and institutions are ultimately built on a degree of consensus, on a collective commitment to a concept, belief or value system. This consensus is continuously rephrased and reinvented through a narrative of cohesion and challenged by expressions of discontent and discord. The...

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Superior document:Global Dutch
TeilnehmendeR:
Fenoulhet, Jane,
Quist, Gerdi,
Tiedau, Ulrich,
Place / Publishing House:London : : UCL Press,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Global Dutch.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: discord and consensus in the Low Countries, 1700-2000 / Ulrich Tiedau
  • 1. Pre-modern Dutch identity and the peace celebrations of 1748 / Lotte Jensen
  • 2. Gnawing worms and rolling thunder: the unstable harmony of Dutch eighteenth-century literature / Inger Leemans and Gert-Jan Johannes
  • 3. A twice-told tale of a (dis)united kingdom: Thomas Colley Grattan's History of the Netherlands (1830, 1833) / Raphaël Ingelbien and Elisabeth Waelkens
  • 4. A conflict in words and images, or a conflict between word and image? An intermedial analysis of graphic novel adaptations of Hendrik Conscience's The Lion of Flanders (1838) / Christine Hermann
  • 5. Language controversies in the Gazette van Detroit (1916-1918) / Tanja Collet
  • 6. 'Beyond A Bridge Too Far': the aftermath of the Battle of Arnhem (1944) and its impact on civilian life / Reinier Salverda
  • 7. 'A sort of wishful dream': challenging colonial time and 'Indische' identities in Hella S. Haasse's Oeroeg, Sleuteloog and contemporary newspaper reviews / Stefanie van Gemert
  • 8. Reinstating a consensus of blame: the film adaptation of Tessa de Loo's De tweeling (1993) and Dutch memories of wartime / Jenny Watson
  • 9. Harmony and discord in planning: a comparative history of post-war welfare policies in a Dutch-German border region / Marijn Molema
  • 10. Dutch in the EU discourse chain: mimic or maverick? / Suzie Holdsworth.

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