Title: Het Indonesisch décor - a critique of the poetry of the Dutch East Indies and Indonesia in the 20th CenturySubmitted by: Ian Campbell, MA, Sydney, AustraliaThe paper traces developments in Dutch language poetry about the Indies/Indonesia from the beginning of the 20th century and also includes an examination of Dutch translations of Indonesian poetry. Specific reference is made to the poems in two anthologies published in Holland in the 1980s: Indie-Indonesie in honderd gedichten, edited by Joop van den Berg, and Wind ademt in zijn eentje - Poezie uit Indonesie, Oost-Timor en Nederland . My paper explores the approaches taken in these anthologies but also focuses on (a) literary merit and (b) the question of relevance of the poems from a 'non-Dutch' point of view at the beginning of the new millennium. The poetry of G.J. Resink (b.1911) receives particular attention. Return to Abstracts menuCarol Burnett Phone: 61 - 3 - 9349 1899 Email: c.burnett@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
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