num_pages: 332
description: This is the eighth volume in Dedalus's highly acclaimed European literary fantasy series and follows volumes from Austrian Dutch Finnish Greek Polish Portuguese and Spanish.During the nineteenth-century Belgian literature was still largely written in the language of education French. Then the Flemings who inhabit the northern half of Belgium became aware of the value of their own language whose standardised form is to all intents and purposes Dutch. Modern Flemish literature was born.This anthology incorporates fantasy stories from the early twentieth century to the present day. The types of fantasy are horror mysticism and magical realism being the dominant ones. One of the early authors is Felix Timmermans who started out with horror stories but later ended up writing his inimitable Vitalist novels. Two magic realist authors stand Johan Daisne and Hubert Lampo. And horror is well represented by several authors including Hugo Claus Hugo Raes and Ward Ruyslinck - all household names in Flanders.Interesting new authors include Annelies Verbeke and Peter Verhelst.
language: English
title: The Dedalus Book of Flemish Fantasy
publisher: Dedalus Limited