Beyond the Metropolis: French and Belgian Symbolists between the Region and the Republic of Letters
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: In 1892, the editors of the journal La Jeune Belgique – the bell-ringer of Belgian modernism –made a claim that seemingly contradicted the publication’s central role in the country’s so-called ‘literary renaissance’.1 They asserted that their periodical had ‘never promoted a national literature, that is to say, “Belgian literature”’.2 Instead, they portrayed themselves as French writers, comparable to authors in Brittany and the South of France:
Source: Comparative Critical Studies
Authors: Daniel Laqua, Christophe Verbruggen
Language: English
Topic: French Literature and Poetry
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G4585879489
OpenAlex ID: W1963904958