Publisher's Synopsis
This unique anthology offers English-speaking readers a chance to become acquainted with the leading Dutch and Flemish women writers since the 1880s. Covering a representative range of public and private genres, from poetry, critical essays, travel literature, and political commentary to diaries and journals, the fifty-six texts featured are arranged chronologically and accompanied by brief introductions, chronologies, and guides to the authors and their work. The wealth of information collected in this volume will heighten readers' understanding of both the modern European literary canon and the long march of feminist history and literature.
