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Dread, Desire and Destruction: The Historical Sublime in Erwin Mortier’s Marcel (1999) (2020)
Journal Article
Mertens, B. (2020). Dread, Desire and Destruction: The Historical Sublime in Erwin Mortier’s Marcel (1999). Journal of Modern Literature, 44(1), 165-182. https://doi.org/10.2979/jmodelite.44.1.10

Erwin Mortier’s novel Marcel (1999) addresses the still controversial topic of the Flemish collaboration with the German occupier during the Second World War, and its subsequent repression by the Belgian state. Told from the perspective of a grandchi... Read More about Dread, Desire and Destruction: The Historical Sublime in Erwin Mortier’s Marcel (1999).

‘Hoop op iets vaags’: ambiguity, unreliability and indeterminacy in Erwin Mortier’s Marcel (1999) (2018)
Journal Article
Mertens, B. (2018). ‘Hoop op iets vaags’: ambiguity, unreliability and indeterminacy in Erwin Mortier’s Marcel (1999). Dutch Crossing, https://doi.org/10.1080/03096564.2018.1476800

Erwin Mortier’s acclaimed debut novel Marcel, first published nearly twenty years ago, tells the story of a Flemish family haunted by a dark past: the involvement of several members in the wartime collaboration with the German occupier. The novel has... Read More about ‘Hoop op iets vaags’: ambiguity, unreliability and indeterminacy in Erwin Mortier’s Marcel (1999).