Discord and Consensus in the Low Countries

by Jane Fenoulhet (Editor), Gerdi Quist (Editor), Ulrich Tiedau (Editor)

This book is available as a free open access PDF from ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press. Print copies are also available.

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 history of the Low Countries is characterised by both a striving for consensus and eruptions of discord, both internally and from external challenges. This interdisciplinary volume explores consensus and discord in a Low Countries context along broad cultural, linguistic and historical lines. Disciplines represented include early-modern and contemporary history; art history; film; literature; and translation scholars from both the Low Countries and beyond.

This book is available as a free open access PDF from ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press. Print copies are also available.

200 pages, Hardcover

First published June 9, 2016

About the author

Jane Fenoulhet is Professor of Dutch Studies in the Dutch Department at UCL (United Kingdom).

She works across the disciplines of literary, historical and translation studies and is also known for her work in language pedagogy, especially on the effects of mobilities on language learners. Recent research has addressed the mobility of literature in translation, a topic on which she lectures and publishes widely. Nomadic Literature, a book about the life and work of the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom appeared in 2013.