Nederlandse Letterkunde - Volume 21, Issue 1, 2016

Abstract Young Agents: the Young Author’s Role on the Dutch Republic’s Book Market1 In this article, we investigate the role of young authors on the upcoming and flourishing book market of the Dutch Republic (1550-1800), focusing in particular on their ‘agency’. By investigating the specific contribution of young authors to this market and by discriminating between roles of young adults and adults, we introduce a new approa Read More

Abstract Authorized variants, ‘variance’ or ‘duplicité énonciative’? Rereading Carel Vosmaer’s Vlugmaren and Vogels van diverse pluimage Editorial principles demand a survey of ‘authorized variants’ of all editions of a printed book. How should we address these variants: must they be considered to be changes inspired by the literary genius of an autonomous author? Does New Philology offer an alternative, derived fro Read More

Abstract Literature and applied ethics. The study of normative issues in Dutch literature Within Dutch studies various approaches actively relate literature to the actual world, among which are the critique of ideology, ‘literature and ethics’ (particularly the ethics of alterity) and ‘literature and science studies’. Although these approaches engage, at least to some degree, with societal and political themes, they cannot fully answ Read More