Dutch and Flemish Literature as World Literature - Paperbackby Theo D'Haen (Editor) The recent return of 'world literature' to the centre of literary studies has entailed an increased attention to non European literatures, but in turn has also further marginalized Europe's smaller literatures. Dutch and Flemish Literature as World Literatureshows how Dutch language literature, from its very beginnings in the Middle Ages to the present, has not only always taken its cue from the 'major' literary traditions of