Language, Literature and the Construction of a Dutch National Identity (1780-1830).

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Cultural Nationalism and the Rise of Dutch Studies -- Gijsbert Rutten and Ton van Kalmthout -- 1. Matthijs Siegenbeek in Defence of Dutch -- Gijsbert Rutten -- 2. Barthold Hendrik Lulofs -- A 'Learned Dilettante' -- Francien Petiet -- 3. Poet and Professor -- Adam Simons -- Rick Honings -- 4. Johannes Kinker -- A Kantian Philosopher Teaching Dutch Language, Literature, and Eloquence -- Marijke van der Wal -- 5. Caught Between Propaganda and Science -- Ulrich Gerhard Lauts, the Forgotten Father of Dutch Philology in Brussels -- Wim Vandenbussche -- 6. Pieter Weiland and his Nederduitsche Spraakkunst -- Jan Noordegraaf -- 7. Moralist of the Nation -- Johannes Henricus van der Palm -- Ellen Krol -- 8. 'I am Revived as a Belgian' -- The Work of Jan Frans Willems -- Janneke Weijermars -- 9. Adriaan Kluit -- Back to the Sources! -- Lo van Driel and Nicoline van der Sijs -- 10. 'Can Grander Skulls be Crowned?' -- Jacob van Dijk's Posthumous Literary History -- Peter Altena -- 11. Hendrik van Wijn -- Pioneer of Historical Literary Studies in the Netherlands -- Ton van Kalmthout -- 12. The Founding Father of Dutch Literary History -- Jeronimo de Vries -- Lotte Jensen -- Afterword -- Gert-Jan Johannes -- Index.

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