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is a violent attack on a contemporary Dutch literary criticism that was less and less appreciative of
Hamelink's work. Hamelink especially reproached his contemporaries for their lack of knowledge of the classics and their complacent admiration of "experimental" poetry.
178:, was that poetry should try to speak the impossible, and that its failure to do this constitutes its greatness. This was perhaps most effectively enunciated in the speech "Op weg naar de poëzie" ("On the Way to Poetry"), published in the significantly titled
134:) revolve around the interplay between man and nature, where the former is always inferior to the latter. Main characters in these stories often disappear or die faced with the amoral and omnipresent force of life. The poetry, collected in such books as
236:: for Hamelink, the writer who tries to capture the "mystery" has to be thoroughly familiar with both human history and the literary tradition. In doing this Hamelink consciously placed himself in a tradition that stretches from
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and shoved to the side. Despite his growing unpopularity, Hamelink continued on his set course, which would become more and more mystical as the years progressed. His growing belief, borrowed from poets such as
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This is not to say that
Hamelink's poetry is not fairly experimental in its own right. However, he protests against easy experimentation, where innovation becomes a mask for a total lack of content.
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De Coux, Anneleen. “ ‘De ornamentenversierde cither heraangeraakt’: Kinksteen van Ch'in van ::Jacques
Hamelink”.
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have written positive reviews on his later works and two of his publications were nominated for the prestigious
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5 (2003): 62-65. and
Elshout, Ron. “Eeuwig, dagelijks: Over Tweede Gedichten van Jacques Hamelink”.
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Hamelink's poetry became more instead, less personal. This is most obvious in books such as
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These years (the 1980s) also feature the publication of two important critical texts:
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Gedichten van Jacques Hamelink”.
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prose and chose to write more and more poetry full of historical and literary
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cf. De Coux, Anneleen. “ ‘De ornamentenversierde cither heraangeraakt’:
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Similarly to the poet, high demands are made on the reader and critic.
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Hamelink was born in
Driewegen. His early stories (as collected in
675:. 2 delen. Unpublished Dissertation Free University of Brussels
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Pfeijffer, Ilja
Leonard. “De boogschutter kan niet missen”.
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Pfeiffer, Ilya
Leonard. “De boogschutter kan niet missen”.
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This initial success would be short-lived: starting with
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Zeegezang inclusief gesternten van
Frederik de Zeeman
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538:Liedboek der oorlogen en feesten van al-Haqq
274:Prominent Dutch critics and poets such as
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713:Van Domselaar, Kees. “Jacques Hamelink”.
606:Van Domselaar, Kees. "Jacques Hamelink".
519:(poetry) (published under pseudonym A.D.)
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505:(poetry) (published under pseudonym A.D.)
673:De poëzie van Jacques Hamelink 1961-1976
189:Paradoxically, after the publication of
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195:Ceremoniële en particuliere madrigalen
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433:In een lege kamer een garen draadje
203:Herinnering aan het verdwenen licht
249:In een lege kamer een garendraadje
230:In an Empty Room a Piece of String
226:In een lege kamer een garendraadje
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199:Ceremonial and Specific Madrigals
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573:Vigerende oudelandse grond
559:De Dame van de Tapisserie
342:De betoverde bruidsnacht
84:Jacobus Marinus Hamelink
32:Jacobus Marinus Hamelink
580:Oden voor komende nacht
96:The Vegetative Dominion
66:Novelist, poet, teacher
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412:De droom van de poëzie
377:Witvelden, inskripties
300:Het plantaardig bewind
276:Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
218:De droom van de poëzie
124:Het plantaardig bewind
92:Het plantaardig bewind
75:Het plantaardig bewind
771:People from Terneuzen
419:Gehandhaafde verhalen
363:Windwaarts, wortelher
234:Op weg naar de poëzie
118:Writing and reception
761:Dutch male novelists
321:De rudimentaire mens
132:De rudimentaire mens
100:De rudimentaire mens
630:Kinksteen van Ch'in
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552:Kinksteen van Ch'in
405:Stenen voor mijzelf
222:The Dream of Poetry
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470:(criticism)
468:Vuurproeven
440:Responsoria
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242:T. S. Eliot
184:Nobodypoems
159:Older soils
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717:27 (1987).
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