Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde - Volume 137, Issue 3, 2021

Abstract Joannes Matthias Schrant (1783-1866) became the first professor of Dutch Language at the University of Ghent from 1818 to 1830 and was appointed professor at the University of Leiden from 1831 to 1853. Several scholars of Dutch studies have discussed Schrant’s scientific work and concluded that he was an unimportant and uninteresting figure, mainly for his insignificant role in the development of Dutch studies Read More

Abstract This article contributes to the discussion between heteronomous and autonomous poetics, using Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer’s poetics as a case study. Pfeijffer explicitly adopts a more heteronomous pose in interviews and in essays following his Hoewordikeenberoemdschrijver? (2012). Critical reception examining Pfeijffers work prior to that publication has on the other hand largely concluded it to be ‘virtuous, but playful Read More