Pump up the volume! Mogelijkheid en onmogelijkheid van het manifest in postmoderne tijden

in De Zingende Zaag (1994), (24-25), 102-123

This article reflects on the fact that manifests are a predominantly modernist genre. In postmodern times, manifests can only reappear as simulations or parodies.

Spleen pour rire. Paul van Ostaijen als dichter van het verhevene

in Heumakers, Arnold (Ed.) Hogere sferen. Alchemie, gnosis, kabbala en hermetische filosofie in de kunst (1993)

This article is a first attempt to address the hypothesis that would be the starting point of my doctoral research: the impetus behind Paul van Ostaijen's work is supplied by an aesthetics of the sublime.

De derde reus

in Van Vaeck, Marc; De Geest, Dirk (Eds.) Brekende spiegels. Beeldveranderingen in de Nederlandse literatuur (1992)

This is a contribution to an edited volume on changing views of literary oeuvres. My article concerns the consecutive images that have been constructed of the work of Paul van Ostaijen.

Jespers over Jespers

in Dietsche Warande en Belfort (1990), 135(3), 364

This is a review of a book by the Flemish critic Henri-Floris Jespers on his grandfather, Henri-Floris Jespers, one of the closest artistic allies of the Flemish expressionist writer Paul van Ostaijen.

Hölderlin in Holland

in Yang : Tijdschrift voor Literatuur en Kommunikatie (1989), 25(3-4), 101-108

This article examines how the work of the German romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin has been received and framed in Dutch literature.

Het vaderhuis

in Dietsche Warande en Belfort (1988), 133(5), 288-290

This a review of a novel by Flemish modernist writer Lucienne Stassaert

De samenwerking van Hendrik Conscience en Octave Delepierre. Het literaire systeem in België (1830-1840)

in Spiegel der Letteren (1988), 30(2-3), 143-160

This article investigates the collaboration between the French-speaking archivist Octave Delepierre and the Flemish novelist Hendrik Conscience. It uses this specific case to show how the Belgian literary ... [more ▼]

This article investigates the collaboration between the French-speaking archivist Octave Delepierre and the Flemish novelist Hendrik Conscience. It uses this specific case to show how the Belgian literary and linguistic system of the period is bilingual, in which French is by far the dominant language and the use of the Flemish/Dutch language is reserved for a limited number of highly specific, mostly cultural purposes. [less ▲]

Vlaams dichterschap

in Dietsche Warande en Belfort (1987), 132(5), 69-71

This is a review of a prose work by the Flemish modernist writer Lucienne Stassaert.

Lucienne Stassaert of de verwoording van een visie

in Dietsche Warande en Belfort (1986), 131(4), 289-294

This article is a study of recent work by Flemish modernist poet Lucienne Stassaert.

De l'origine du flamand: symptôme du système littéraire de la jeune Belgique

in La Licorne (1986), (12), 187-196

This article analyses a publication by the French-speaking Bruges archivist Octave Belepierre, in which the 'Flemish' language is glorified. This defence is to be seen within the context of Belgian ... [more ▼]

This article analyses a publication by the French-speaking Bruges archivist Octave Belepierre, in which the 'Flemish' language is glorified. This defence is to be seen within the context of Belgian romantic nationalism and its attempts to construct a distinctive and solid identity for the Belgian nation. [less ▲]