Code
01P04808
Duration
01 October 2008 → 30 September 2011
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Humanities
- Language studies
- Literary studies
Keywords
historical experience
historiography
epic
eightteenth century
Project description
The central focus is the way in which Dutch epics published during the reign of Stadtholder William V (1766-1795) guide the reader toward a historical experience. In this process, the past is used in function of contemporary political ideologies. This research studies both 18th-century Dutch literature and the conceptual question of the relations between literature and historiography.