Rinkeldekinkel: An Anthology of Dutch Poetry Schouten Rob
A bold, engaged new anthology spotlighting the work of contemporary Dutch poets.What shape does Dutch art take in the American imagination? Austere, perhaps. Insular. Fixated on nature, every writer's…
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A bold, engaged new anthology spotlighting the work of contemporary Dutch poets.What shape does Dutch art take in the American imagination? Austere, perhaps. Insular. Fixated on nature, every writer's "traditional source of consolation." And all of these qualities may indeed be true of the Netherlands' early literature. But in this anthology, readers will encounter a radically different body of Dutch poetics--one defined by international cultural exchange, linguistic invention, and contemporary life.Over three decades, the twenty poets featured here celebrate the colorful world that blossomed in the wake of Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and global Cold War conservatism. Poets, writes anthology editor Rob Schouten, took this moment to adopt a "new view on reality," one filled with "bewilderment and excitement." The rise of multiculturalism in the Netherlands, the