Author: COSTER-WIJSMAN, L.M.,
Title: Uilespiegel-Verhalen in Indonesië in het bijzonder in de Soendalanden. [Original dissertation Leiden University].
Description: Santpoort, C.A. Mees, 1939. 8°. Original printed wrappers. 170pp. Extensive footnotes/references, detailed supplementary notes to stories presented, abbreviations used. Dutch language dissertation comparing comparing european Uilenspiegel stories with equivalents from Indonesia and especially told in Sunda Country (Java). Uilenspiegel, a good-for=nothing, is a literary figure created in fifteenth century Balgium, who plays his pranks, trics and comics on his fellow citizens. The stories gradually spread across Europe and the rust of the World. This dissertations compares the Indonesian origins with european ones. Good copy. (upper right corner of french title clipped, name at upper right corner of ti.-p. erased).

Keywords: java sundadistrict literature uilenspiegel stories pranks tricks comics culture heritage legacy dissertation comparison uilenspiegel colonialism indonesia southeastasia