Agatha Deken - Revision history

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-	Together, [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=11 Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff] and [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=12 Agatha (Aagje) Deken] wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novel: [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=376 ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart''](1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=367 ''Nouvelle Clarice''] (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=378 ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim''] (1771).	+	Together, [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=11 Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff] and [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=12 Agatha (Aagje) Deken] wrote the book which has been considered during a long time as the "first Dutch novel": [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=376 ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart''](1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=367 ''Nouvelle Clarice''] (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=378 ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim''] (1771).
	<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>		<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>

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-	'''The famous couple of 18th-century Dutch women novelists: <br>Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken'''<br><br>	+	<br>__NOEDITSECTION__
-	Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=11] and Agatha (Aagje) Deken [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=12] wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novel: ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=376](1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's ''Nouvelle Clarice'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=367] (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=378] (1771).	+	== Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken ==
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		+	Together, [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=11 Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff] and [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=12 Agatha (Aagje) Deken] wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novel: [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=376 ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart''](1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=367 ''Nouvelle Clarice''] (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=378 ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim''] (1771).
	<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>		<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>

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-	*The writing side > Dutch authors > Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint<br><br>	+	*The writing side > Dutch authors > Agatha Deken<br><br>

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	<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>		<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>

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	'''The famous couple of 18th-century Dutch women novelists: <br>Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken'''<br><br>		'''The famous couple of 18th-century Dutch women novelists: <br>Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken'''<br><br>
-	Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff and Agatha (Aagje) Deken wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novel: ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart'' (1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's ''Nouvelle Clarice'' (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim'' (1771).	+	Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=11] and Agatha (Aagje) Deken [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=12] wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novel: ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=376](1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's ''Nouvelle Clarice'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=367] (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=378] (1771).
	<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>		<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>


-	Bibliography	+	<br>September 2007<br>
-	Texte	+
-	Wolff, Betje & Aagje Deken,	+
-	Historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart / Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart (fragment).	+
-	In: Dijk, Suzan van, Lia van Gemert, Sheila Ottway (éds.), Writing the history of women's writing. Toward an international approach. Amsterdam, KNAW, 2001, pp.155-158.	+
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-	Histoire littéraire	+
-	Stouten, Hanna,	+
-	"Elisabeth-Wolff-Bekker et Agatha Deken".	+
-	In: Stouten, Hanna, Jaap Goedegebuure et Frits van Oostrom (éds.), Histoire de la littérature néerlandaise. Paris, Fayard, 1999, pp.361-369.	+

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-	Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff and Agatha (Aagje) Deken wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novels: ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart'' (1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's ''Nouvelle Clarice'' (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim'' (1771).	+	Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff and Agatha (Aagje) Deken wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novel: ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart'' (1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's ''Nouvelle Clarice'' (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim'' (1771).
-	<br><br> Les écrits de cette dernière étaient également fréquentés par Wolff, dont on connaît bien, grâce à une belle édition de sa correspondance, fournie par P.J. Buijnsters, l'important réseau d'amies (et d'amis) compatriotes. Mais les femmes dont elle se laissait influencer furent aussi ces étrangères, que souvent elle se mettait à faire connaître en néerlandais.	+	<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>

-	On lui a parfois reproché sa tendance à traduire, avec une certaine préférence, des auteurs femmes - comme si, en traduisant aussi l'oeuvre de Pope, elle n'aurait pas dû s'abaisser jusque-là. Il me semble, au contraire, que c'est certainement un choix conscient, en rapport avec ses préoccupations au sujet de l'éducation féminine. Ce sont notamment les préfaces à ses traductions des ouvrages de Stéphanie de Genlis qui pointent dans cette direction, mais aussi l'exemple qu'elle prenait sur Sophie von La Roche en écrivant, sur la demande de lectrices, un journal féminin calqué sur le sien - l'imitation hollandaise, malheureusement, ne vit jamais le jour.

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	Wolff, Betje & Aagje Deken,		Wolff, Betje & Aagje Deken,

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'''The famous couple 18th-century Dutch women novelists: Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken''' 
Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff and Agatha (Aagje) Deken wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novels: ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart'' (1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's ''Nouvelle Clarice'' (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim'' (1771).
 Les écrits de cette dernière étaient également fréquentés par Wolff, dont on connaît bien, grâce à une belle édition de sa correspondance, fournie par P.J. Buijnsters, l'important réseau d'amies (et d'amis) compatriotes. Mais les femmes dont elle se laissait influencer furent aussi ces étrangères, que souvent elle se mettait à faire connaître en néerlandais.

On lui a parfois reproché sa tendance à traduire, avec une certaine préférence, des auteurs femmes - comme si, en traduisant aussi l'oeuvre de Pope, elle n'aurait pas dû s'abaisser jusque-là. Il me semble, au contraire, que c'est certainement un choix conscient, en rapport avec ses préoccupations au sujet de l'éducation féminine. Ce sont notamment les préfaces à ses traductions des ouvrages de Stéphanie de Genlis qui pointent dans cette direction, mais aussi l'exemple qu'elle prenait sur Sophie von La Roche en écrivant, sur la demande de lectrices, un journal féminin calqué sur le sien - l'imitation hollandaise, malheureusement, ne vit jamais le jour.

Bibliographie
Texte
Wolff, Betje & Aagje Deken,
Historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart / Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart (fragment).
In: Dijk, Suzan van, Lia van Gemert, Sheila Ottway (éds.), Writing the history of women's writing. Toward an international approach. Amsterdam, KNAW, 2001, pp.155-158.

Histoire littéraire
Stouten, Hanna,
"Elisabeth-Wolff-Bekker et Agatha Deken".
In: Stouten, Hanna, Jaap Goedegebuure et Frits van Oostrom (éds.), Histoire de la littérature néerlandaise. Paris, Fayard, 1999, pp.361-369.