The Hidden Force (Library of the Indies)

Couperus, L.

ISBN 10: 0870237152 / ISBN 13: 9780870237157

Published by University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 1990

About this Item

University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 1990. First paperback edition. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. A tight, clean copy, with a previous owner?s embossed stamp on the front free endpaper. 8vo, 254 pp. with notes and glossary. Translated from the Dutch by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos; revised and edited, with introduction and notes, by E. M. Beekman. A novel of colonial life in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, published in the Library of the Indies series, which brings together Dutch literary accounts of the colonial experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hidden Force (Library of the Indies)
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870237152
• ISBN 13: 9780870237157
• Binding: Soft cover
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 0W x 8H x 0D inches 0 inches width by 8 inches height by 0 inches depth

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Synopsis

The Hidden Force is a 1900 novel by the Dutch writer, L. Couperus. In the novel, the protagonist, Van Oudijck, a Dutch resident, faces his own demise as a result of his inability to see past his Western rationalism. The East Indian people and countryside have no effect on him, and the ambiance of Java, coupled with the adverse behavior of their Javanese subjects, prove more powerful than the might and power of the colonials.

About the Author

L. COUPERUS (1863–1923) is recognized as one of the major innovators of Dutch fiction. E. M. BEEKMAN is Multatuli Professor of Dutch Literature, Language, and Culture at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and editor of the twelve-volume Library of the Indies.