Jan Walravens en het experimentAcademia Press, 2012 - 229 pages Jan Walravens (1920-1965) played a central role in Flemish literature as he introduced and facilitated literary experiments after the Second World War. He was a leading essayist and literary critic, who wrote thousands of reviews showing the younger generation the way to French existentialism and to the international avant-garde. In addition to novels and shorter fiction, he published in-depth philosophical essays on Kierkegaard, Sade and Sartre. His international network of artistic relations turned him into a central figure in the Flemish literary world, a position he held until his untimely death at the age of forty-five. Jan Walravens and the Experiment presents ten essays that chart the various aspects of Walravens' immense activity: his philosophical thinking on Sade, his relation with the visual arts, his position as an avant-gardist, his defense of poetry old and new, his view on the French nouveau roman, his novels, and his propagation of a new kind of literary diary. The authors have used the Walravens archive and unearthed some material that has never before been brought to the public's attention, most notably the facsimile of a 'cadavre exquis' Walravens created with Albert Bontridder and Florent Welles. |
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abstracte Albert Bontridder analyse auteur avant-garde avant-gardist beeld beeldende kunst betekenis bewustzijn bijvoorbeeld Blanchot blik boek Bontridder Brussel Butor Camus Claus cognitie cognitie en emotie dagboek dimensie en-soi engagement Esneux essay existentialisme existentialistische experimentele poëzie Faulkner Felix filosofie filosofische Franse gaat gedachten gevoelens goed Herman hoofdstuk Hugo Claus Huis clos humanisme Ivo Michiels Jan Biorix Jan Vaerten Jan Walravens Joosten Jos Joosten klassieke Laatste Nieuws leven lezer lichaam lijkt literaire literatuur maken menselijke metafysische Meursault Michel Butor moderne gedicht moderne kunst moderne poëzie morgen Musschoot 1976 Nana narratieve nausée néant Negatief nieuwe roman notities nouveau roman onze Paris Paul Periscoop personages Phenomenologie Pierre Pierres poëtica poëtische pour-soi proza psychologische ravens Roerloos aan zee Roggeman Roquentin ruimte Sade Sades Sartre Sartres sartriaanse schilderkunst schrijft surrealisme tekst thematische verhaal vernieuwing verteller Vlaamse Gids Vlaanderen volgens Walravens vorm Walra Walravens 1951 Walravens weg werk Weverbergh William Faulkner Wispelaere woorden zelfs zichzelf zoals