Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Cultural Nationalism and the Rise of Dutch Studies
- 1 Matthijs Siegenbeek in Defence of Dutch
- 2 Barthold Hendrik Lulofs: A ‘Learned Dilettante’
- 3 Poet and Professor: Adam Simons
- 4 Johannes Kinker: A Kantian Philosopher Teaching Dutch Language, Literature, and Eloquence
- 5 Caught Between Propaganda and Science: Ulrich Gerhard Lauts, the Forgotten Father of Dutch Philology in Brussels
- 6 Pieter Weiland and his Nederduitsche Spraakkunst
- 7 Moralist of the Nation: Johannes Henricus van der Palm
- 8 ‘I am Revived as a Belgian’: The Work of Jan Frans Willems
- 9 Adriaan Kluit: Back to the Sources!
- 10 ‘Can Grander Skulls be Crowned?’: Jacob van Dijk’s Posthumous Literary History
- 11 Hendrik van Wijn: Pioneer of Historical Literary Studies in the Netherlands
- 12 The Founding Father of Dutch Literary History: Jeronimo de Vries
- Afterword: Gert-Jan Johannes
- Index
Afterword: Gert-Jan Johannes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Cultural Nationalism and the Rise of Dutch Studies
- 1 Matthijs Siegenbeek in Defence of Dutch
- 2 Barthold Hendrik Lulofs: A ‘Learned Dilettante’
- 3 Poet and Professor: Adam Simons
- 4 Johannes Kinker: A Kantian Philosopher Teaching Dutch Language, Literature, and Eloquence
- 5 Caught Between Propaganda and Science: Ulrich Gerhard Lauts, the Forgotten Father of Dutch Philology in Brussels
- 6 Pieter Weiland and his Nederduitsche Spraakkunst
- 7 Moralist of the Nation: Johannes Henricus van der Palm
- 8 ‘I am Revived as a Belgian’: The Work of Jan Frans Willems
- 9 Adriaan Kluit: Back to the Sources!
- 10 ‘Can Grander Skulls be Crowned?’: Jacob van Dijk’s Posthumous Literary History
- 11 Hendrik van Wijn: Pioneer of Historical Literary Studies in the Netherlands
- 12 The Founding Father of Dutch Literary History: Jeronimo de Vries
- Afterword: Gert-Jan Johannes
- Index
Summary
Abstract
Language, Literature and the Construction of a Dutch National Identity discusses the life and work of a number of Dutchmen who, in the period between 1750 and 1850, worked in the field of what would now be called ‘Dutch Studies’, ‘Dutch Language & Literature’ or ‘Dutch Philology’. Did the compilers of this volume define the scope of early cultural nationalism in the Netherlands too narrowly by focusing on the study of the nation's language and literature? I would argue that they did not. For one thing, there were no academic ‘specialists’ as such before the end of the eighteenth century; it was only then that the first generation of academic practitioners of this discipline emerged in the Netherlands. But aside from this, one is struck by the sheer breadth of the interests of the twelve apostles of literature discussed here. Regardless of the perspective taken, a cultural historian studying the period between 1750 and 1850 in the Netherlands would find it hard to avoid a great many of the individuals discussed in this book and their extremely varied publications and activities.
Keywords: afterword, conclusion, discussion, Dutch Studies
Language, Literature and the Construction of a Dutch National Identity has discussed the life and work of a number of Dutchmen who, in the period between 1750 and 1850, worked in the field of what would now be called ‘Dutch Studies’, ‘Dutch Language & Literature’ or ‘Dutch Philology’. Did the compilers of this volume define the scope of early cultural nationalism in the Netherlands too narrowly by focusing on the study of the nation’s language and literature? I would argue that they did not. For one thing, there were no academic ‘specialists’ as such before the end of the eighteenth century; it was only then that the first generation of academic practitioners of this discipline emerged in the Netherlands. But aside from this, one is struck by the sheer breadth of the interests of the twelve apostles of literature discussed here. Regardless of the perspective taken, a cultural historian studying the period between 1750 and 1850 in the Netherlands would find it hard to avoid a great many of the individuals discussed in this book and their extremely varied publications and activities.
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- Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2018