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Clara Strijbosch, Ph.D. 1995 in Medieval Dutch Literature at Utrecht University, is an independent researcher and literary critic and has taught widely in Europe and in Durban, South Africa. She is the co-author of The Legend of St Brendan. A critical bibliography (2000).