Nederlandse Letterkunde - Volume 24, Issue 1, 2019

Abstract Hennen van Merchtenen and the Continuation of the Brabantsche yeesten (ca. 1430-1450): The attribution problem In 1432, a Brabantine poet completed the first of two volumes which together would constitute the Voortzetting van de Brabantsche yeesten, a detailed account of the more recent history of the duchy of Brabant, meant as a complement to the authoritative history of Brabant, the Brabantsche yeesten, Read More

Abstract Readers in the margins of Vondel’s Palamedes: A census of seventeenth-century editions in public collections This article explores how Joost van den Vondel’s politically charged play Palamedes (first published in 1625) was read in the seventeenth century. It presents the findings of a systematic and focused census of copies of 25 seventeenth-century editions that have been preserved in public collections. Inspection o Read More

Abstract ‘The Monarch is there for the common; the common not for the Monarch.’ Governmental reflections in three Dutch revenge tragedies (1638-1645) Although early modern Dutch revenge tragedies have for a long time been studied in the light of the idea that passions need to be restrained, there is an inseparable political dimension connected to such plays. In the three revenge tragedies discussed in this contribut Read More

Abstract Publishers’ marketing strategies in exploiting literary oeuvres. The case of the Dutch author Arthur van Schendel (1874-1946) In two ways, publishers of Dutch literature were keen to promote the body of work of their prolific writers. On the one hand they tried to reach as broad as possible an audience for individual book titles, on the other they aimed to build a solid reputation for the writers on their lists. This paper Read More