Androgyny as an Ideal in Louis Couperus and Hugo Claus

Autor:	Laura Lech, Maarten Klein
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Literature Sociology and Political Science business.industry General Arts and Humanities Philosophy Subject (philosophy) Art history Character (symbol) language.human_language Ideal (ethics) Fin de siecle Flemish language Androgyny business Theme (narrative)
Zdroj:	Dutch Crossing. 38:79-96
ISSN:	1759-7854 0309-6564
DOI:	10.1179/0309656413z.00000000049
Popis:	In this article we first discuss androgyny in art around 1900 and some of the related religious and philosophical background; then we show what can be found on this subject in Couperus, especially in his novel De berg van licht (‘The Mountain of Light’, 1905/06) and in the work of Hugo Claus, the Flemish author, who deals with this theme as well. The similarity between these authors reaches a climax in the novel Jessica!, in which Claus introduces a character, Louis Kuppers, who is entirely based on his great predecessor from the fin de siecle. Claus frequently quotes from Couperus’ work. Although Couperus and Claus seem to be totally different authors, we conclude that they both consider androgyny to be an ideal.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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