Stijn Streuvels: De Teleurgang Van Den Waterhoek/the Decline of Waterhoek

Stijn Streuvels: De teleurgang van den Waterhoek (The Decline of Waterhoek) originally appeared in a pre-publication edition in the Gids and was first published in 1927. In the second edition, in 1939, it seems that more than 25% of the text was deleted, which included passages that dealt with the relationship between the main characters, Mira and Maurice. All the subsequent editions were to use this abridged version.The answer to what passages were edited out or altered in the various editions -- and why -- can be found by studying the original manuscripts and the author's correspondence. However, this sort of genetic research has remained the privilege of the editor. Until now, that is. All that has changed with the publication of this special edition.The CD-Rom presents the full text version as it first appeared in its pre-publication form in the Gids; the first edition (with word clarifications); the revised second edition, the digital facsimile of the complete manuscript and the pre-publication and first editions as corrected by Streuvels himself.Marcel De Smedt is the author of 'Stijn Streuvels: De Teleurgang Van Den Waterhoek/the Decline of Waterhoek' with ISBN 9789053564417 and ISBN 9053564411.