Auteur

Lech, Laura en Maarten Klein

Titel

Androgyny as an Ideal in Louis Couperus and Hugo Claus

Bron

Dutch Crossing 38, nr.1, p.79-96

Datum

2014 (maart)

Typering

Artikel

Opmerkingen

Engels.
In this article we first discuss androgyny in art around 1900 and some of the related religious and philosophical background; then we show what can be found on this subject in Couperus, especially in his novel De berg van licht (�The Mountain of Light�, 1905/06) and in the work of Hugo Claus, the Flemish author, who deals with this theme as well. The similarity between these authors reaches a climax in the novel Jessica!, in which Claus introduces a character, Louis Kuppers, who is entirely based on his great predecessor from the fin de si�cle. Claus frequently quotes from Couperus� work. Although Couperus and Claus seem to be totally different authors, we conclude that they both consider androgyny to be an ideal.