Crossing Cultures Nineteenth-Century Anglophone Literature in the Low Countries -- Contents -- Walter Verschueren (Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel) -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Part 1 The Critical Reception and Translation of English Literature in the Netherlands -- Cees Koster (Universiteit Utrecht) Fame and Fortune in the Field of Shakespeare Translation: The Case of A.S. Kok -- The translator as cultural mediator -- A.S. Kok: teacher and translator -- Kok's position in the field of translation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Ton van Kalmthout (Huygens Instituut, Den Haag) Eccentric Authors: Cd. Busken Huet and Taco H. de Beer on English Literature -- Conrad Busken Huet's critical view -- Taco H. de Beer as a literary mediator -- The Literary Reader -- "The drunken butcher's boy of Stratford-upon-Avon" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Kris Steyaert (Université de Liège) Elusive Poets, Fugitive Texts: The Impact of the London Shelley Society in the Low Countries -- A tentative start -- The brilliance of Alastor -- De Cenci and a private Shelley library -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Anne van Buul (Universiteit Groningen) British Influences on Dutch Book Designs: A Case Study on Dutch Bibliophilic Editions of Works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti -- P.C. Boutens as a publisher -- Rossetti and Morris as forerunners -- Boutens's acquaintance with British book designs -- Boutens's Rossetti-edition -- Three other Rossetti-editions -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Susanna De Schepper (University of Warwick) George Eliot on the Dutch Market (1860-1896) -- Eliot in Dutch translation -- Conclusion -- Appendix: -- Dutch translations of George Eliot -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Part 2 The Critical Reception and Translation of English Literature in Belgium.

Lieven D'hulst (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) 'English Literature in Belgium': Some Introductory Remarks -- On relations -- On Belgium -- A handful of hypotheses -- Conclusions? -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Francis Mus (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) The Image of English Literature in Belgian Avant-Garde Periodicals -- Introduction: a privileged partner? -- The Francophone sector: Le Disque Vert -- The role of Jethro Bithell -- The Flemish sector -- G.B. Shaw as recognized cross-reference -- The minor position of foreign literature in Flemish avant-garde periodicals -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Karen Vandemeulebroucke (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Presence and Treatment of English Poetry in 19th-Century Belgian Literary Periodicals -- 19th-century Belgian poetry and the periodical as a (trans)-national space -- The presence and place of English literature in La Jeune Belgique (1881-1897) -- National and non-national literature in La Jeune Belgique -- English poetry in critical texts -- English poetry in translation -- The presence and place of English literature in Van Nu en Straks (1893-1901) -- National and non-national literature in Van Nu en Straks -- English literature in Van Nu en Straks -- Concluding remarks -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Liselotte Vandenbussche (Hogeschool Gent/Universiteit Gent) The Import of English Literature by Women Translators in Flanders, 1870-1914. A Comparative Survey -- Translations from English -- Other source literatures -- Kinds of import -- Linguistic proficiency and educational resources -- Money as a motive -- Ideology and canon formation -- Symbolic capital? -- Coda -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Part 3 Women's Writing in Dutch Translation -- Suzan van Dijk (Universiteit Utrecht) Researching Women's Place in the Literary Field: Anglophone Authors in the Netherlands -- Notes.

Suzan van Dijk (Universiteit Utrecht) Was Jane Austen Read in the 19th-Century Netherlands? -- Jane Austen in Europe -- English women writers in the Netherlands -- Some Dutch exceptions appreciating Jane Austen? -- Further research -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Lizet Duyvendak (Open Universiteit Nederland) English Reading in a Dutch Library for Women (1894-1900) -- The collection of the Damesleesmuseum -- New Woman novels -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: -- Appendix II: -- Appendix III: -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Laura Kirkley (University of Cambridge) Feminism in Translation: Re-writing the Rights of Woman -- Défense des Droits des Femmes -- Verdediging van de Rechten der Vrouwen -- Rettung der Rechte des Weibes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Stephanie Walker and Suzan van Dijk (Universiteit Utrecht) What Literary Historians 'Forgot': American Women Authors in the 19th-Century Netherlands -- American women authors in the Netherlands -- Database outcome -- Fanny Fern (1811-1872) and Maria Susanna Cummins (1827-1866) -- To be continued -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Contributors.