TY - BOOK ED - Eeckhout, Bart ED - Joosen, Vanessa ED - Sepp, Arvi PY - 2016 DA - 2016// TI - Stad en migratie in de literatuur T3 - Cahier voor Literatuurwetenschap PB - Academia Press CY - Gent KW - United Kingdom, Great Britain KW - c 1800 to c 1900 KW - 20th century KW - Literature: history & criticism KW - Literary theory KW - Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers KW - Poverty & unemployment KW - Housing & homelessness KW - Migration, immigration & emigration KW - Urban communities KW - Jewish studies KW - Belgium KW - France KW - Germany KW - USA KW - Argentina KW - Chile KW - English KW - Dutch AB - Urbanity and migration are considered to be two basic components in definitions of modernity. They force us to reflect on how the boundaries between the local and the global are determined and surpassed. Often this results in politically charged discussions about transnationality and national identity, monolingualism and multilingualism, inclusion and exclusion. The contributions to this issue of CLW demonstrate that literature can play a significant role in this debate. The authors highlight the representation of city and migration in a wide variety of novels published in Dutch, English, German, Spanish and French with a particular interest in political commitment UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37129 LA - Dutch N1 - Dutch; Flemish ID - 1794596976 ER -