Tussen Vlaanderen en Zuid-Afrika: De gedichten van Marcel R. Breyne tijdens zijn krijgsgevangenschap in de Eerste Wereldoorlog

Geert Buelens

Tussen Vlaanderen en Zuid-Afrika: De gedichten van Marcel R. Breyne tijdens zijn krijgsgevangenschap in de Eerste Wereldoorlog

Translated title of the contribution: Between Flanders and South Africa: Marcel R. Breyne’s poetry during his time as prisoner-of- war during the First World War

Geert Buelens

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Abstract

Poetry written by prisoners-of-war is rarely discussed in Dutch studies. This article deals with the wartime efforts of Flemish minor poet Marcel Breyne who was captured near Namur in August 1914 and who spent the rest of the war in several German POW-camps where he befriended his captors and, becoming an ardent activist, turned against the country he had been fighting for. The article traces his
POW-output, focusing on the way his national(ist) allegiances change and how his interest in and dealings with Afrikaner culture reinforces his Flemish nationalist beliefs.

Translated title of the contribution	Between Flanders and South Africa: Marcel R. Breyne’s poetry during his time as prisoner-of- war during the First World War
Original language	Dutch
Pages (from-to)	47-61
Journal	Tydskrif vir nederlands en afrikaans
Volume	20
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Poetry
Nationalism
First World War
Prisoner-of-war
Flemish literature
Afrikaans literature
South Africa

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Tussen Vlaanderen en Zuid-Afrika: De gedichten van Marcel R. Breyne tijdens zijn krijgsgevangenschap in de Eerste Wereldoorlog

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