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A professor of English talks about 19th Century novels: plot summary, literary analysis, author biography, historical and cultural context. Each episode closely examines one 19th Century novel.
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Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
Chapter 1: 0:00—Imperialism and the novel. 12:00—Max Havelaar. 15:14—Missing Max. 16:26—No. 37 Lauriergracht. 17:54—Batavia. 21:00—Drystubble. 25:12—Interlude.
Chapter 2: 26:00—Burden & Co. 28:33—Kalverstraat. 33:48—Poetry at the Rosemeyers. 38:16—A comic farrago. 41:52—Making Max. 47:33—Interlude.
Chapters 2-4: 48:33—The Dutch East Indies. 52:47—The VOC. 55:48—The coffee trade. 58:10—Dutch decline. 1:01:58—Interlude.
Chapter 5: 1:02:38—Postmodern aesthetics. 1:11:24—Administration. 1:15:50—The Regent. 1:18:07—The Culture System. 1:20:05—The NHM. 1:26:18—How to manage a colony. 1:30:37—Max’s character. 1:33:21—A peculiar digression. 1:34:15—Who is I? 1:35:38—Multatuli & Dutch literature. 1:37:30—Havelaar & Shawlman. 1:39:48—Closing.
Text: Multatuli, Max Havelaar. Translated by Ina Rilke and David McKay, New York Review Books, 1999.
Interludes: "Wein Neêrlands Bloed," performer unknown, Internet Archive, and Javanese gamelan music, performed by the Yogyakarta Gamelan Ensemble, National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC, Nov. 1 2013.
Illustration: Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker), by H.C. Overman/Koene & Büttinghausen, Oct. 1853, Wikipedia.
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Contact: jimjneilson@gmail.com |
Thanks to Professor David Gilmartin and the students of History 519: Modern European Imperialism, NCSU Spring 2024.
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