In exploring the birth of a Dutch identity between 1780 and 1830, this book integrates nationalism studies with literary and linguistic history by highlighting scholarly study of the Dutch language as a factor in the creation of the national identity. These early scholars promoted the Dutch language during a time of political upheaval, when citizens needed something to feel proud of. This book examines the impact individual agents had on a crucial stage in the Dutch nation-building process.
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| Introduction: Cultural Nationalism and the Rise of Dutch Studies |
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1 Matthijs Siegenbeek in Defence of Dutch |
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2 Barthold Hendrik Lulofs: A `Learned Dilettante' |
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49 | (24) |
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3 Poet and Professor: Adam Simons |
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73 | (24) |
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4 Johannes Kinker: A Kantian Philosopher Teaching Dutch Language, Literature, and Eloquence |
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97 | (22) |
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5 Caught Between Propaganda and Science: Ulrich Gerhard Lauts, the Forgotten Father of Dutch Philology in Brussels |
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119 | (26) |
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6 Pieter Weiland and his Nederduitsche Spraakkunst |
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145 | (22) |
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7 Moralist of the Nation: Johannes Henricus van der Palm |
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167 | (20) |
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8 `I am Revived as a Belgian': The Work of Jan Frans Willems |
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187 | (18) |
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9 Adriaan Kluit: Back to the Sources! |
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205 | (24) |
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10 `Can Grander Skulls be Crowned?': Jacob van Dijk's Posthumous Literary History |
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229 | (24) |
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11 Hendrik van Wijn: Pioneer of Historical Literary Studies in the Netherlands |
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253 | (24) |
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12 The Founding Father of Dutch Literary History: Jeronimo de Vries |
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277 | (20) |
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| Afterword |
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Rick Honings is Scaliger Professor Special Collections at Leiden University and a specialist in nineteenth-century Dutch and Dutch Indies literature. In 2018 he published Star Authors in the Age of Romanticism: Literary Celebrity in the Netherlands, the international edition of his monograph De dichter als idool: Literaire roem in de negentiende eeuw (2016). In 2021, he co-edited De postkoloniale spiegel: De Nederlands-Indische letteren herlezen. Currently, he works with a research team on the NWO Vidi project Voicing the Colony: Travelers in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Indische Letteren. Gijsbert Rutten is a senior researcher in historical sociolinguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.
