Includes bibliographical references and (p. [657]-705 index
""Title""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""The Low Countries in the 13th and 14th Centuries""; ""1: The Middle Ages until circa 1400""; ""The Low Countries in the 15th and Early 16th Centuries""; ""2: The Late Middle Ages and the Age of the Rhetoricians, 1400�1560""; ""I. Literary Life in the City""; ""II. The Chambers of Rhetoric""; ""III. Literature and the Printing Press""; ""IV. Farewell to the Middle Ages""; ""The Low Countries in the 17th Century""; ""3: The Dutch Revolt and the Golden Age, 1560�1700""; ""I. Literature and the Dutch Revolt""; ""II. Renaissance and Renewal""
""III. Literature as a Medium of Instruction: Drama""""IV. Literature as a Medium of Instruction: Prose and Poetry""; ""V. Literature as an Elite Phenomenon""; ""The Low Countries in the 18th Century""; ""4: Literature of the Enlightenment, 1700�1800""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Early Enlightenment Literature, 1680�1725""; ""III. Classical Poetry and Modern Prose, 1725�1760""; ""IV. The Shaping of a National Literature, 1760�1800""; ""The Low Countries in the 19th Century""; ""5: The Nineteenth Century, 1800�1880""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. The Early Decades""
""III. The Historical Novel""""IV. From Byronic Poetry to Realist Prose""; ""V. Literary Critics""; ""VI. Multatuli""; ""VII. Poetry Around and After the Mid-Century""; ""The Low Countries CE 1880 - CE1940""; ""6: Renewal and Reaction, 1880�1940""; ""I. Literary Renewal, 1880�1893""; ""II. A New “Spiritual� Art, 1893�1916""; ""III. Between Two World Wars: 1916�1940""; ""The Low Countries Today""; ""7: The Postwar Period, 1940�""; ""I. From the Hunger Winter to the First Morning, 1940�1960""; ""II. The Revolution of the Sixties, 1960�1970""
""III. The Imagination Seizes Power, 1970�1980""""IV. The Ego Looks Back, 1980�""; ""Bibliography""; ""List of English Translations of Literary Works""; ""Index""; ""Funding Bodies""; ""Copyright""
