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| − | ''[[Zamenspraak tusschen Klaas Waarzegger en Jan Twyfelaar over het onderwerp van afscheiding tusschen de Oostelyke en Westelyjke Provincie]]'' (approximately "between Klaas the Soothsayer and Jan the Doubter") is a book of dialogues by [[Klaas Waarzegger]] (''nom de plume'' of , [[Louis Henri Meurant]], 1811/182/1813 - 1893)
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| − | This was a collection of well-known and influential "[[Zamenspraake]]" ("dialogues") which Meurant published in ''[[The Cradock News]]'' in 1860, under the pseudonym '''[[Klaas Waarzegger]]''' ("Klaas Soothsayer"). Focussed on the split between the Eastern and Western provinces, they were entitled .
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| − | According to [[Ludwig Binge]] (1969) his literary persona, the crusty Calvinist "[[Klaas Waarzegger]]", also became an influential model for later writers and playwrights such as [[Melt Brink]], [[C.J. Langenhoven]], [[D.C. Postma]] and the "coloured" characters used by of later writers. This work was no doubt informed by the writings of [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] and [[Joseph Suasso de Lima]]zamanspraak or samespraak (duologue) as a literary and journalistic vehicle for argument and satire.
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| − | Collected in book form and first published in 1861, they were considered to be the first published book in [[Afrikaans]].
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