Maurice Roelants

Belgian author

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Maurice Roelants was a Belgian author who emerged in the early 20th century. He was associated with the review ’t Fonteintje, which reacted against Expressionism. Roelants is noted for introducing the psychological novel in Flanders with his work Komen en gaan (1927; "Coming and Going"). His writing style contributed to raising the standards of the psychological novel in Belgian literature.1

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Belgian literature
After World War I
…the psychological novel, introduced by Roelants with Komen en gaan (1927; “Coming and Going”), and was raised to great stylistic heights by Maurice Gilliams (Elias, 1936), who was also a subtle poet and essayist. Lode Zielens wrote about the lives of the poor, and Gerard Walschap treated social, religious, and…
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…the psychological novel, introduced by Roelants with Komen en gaan (1927; “Coming and Going”), and was raised to great stylistic heights by Maurice Gilliams (Elias, 1936), who was also a subtle poet and essayist. Lode Zielens wrote about the lives of the poor, and Gerard Walschap treated social, religious, and…
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