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3. les professionnelles, notamment "La Sapho de ce siècle: [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=130 Mlle de Scudéry]"<br><br><br> 3. les professionnelles, notamment "La Sapho de ce siècle: [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=130 Mlle de Scudéry]"<br><br><br>
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 +'''Replacing them in history''' <br><br>
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 +Cf. Margaret Cohen,

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NEWW : short presentation




Women in the literary field of pre-1900 Europe:
2365 names "found" up to now.

Focus on the Netherlands:
766 Dutch "authors".


Importance of the number?

Comparison female/male:

WomenWriters:
198 women active during the 18th century;

DBNL (Digital Library of Dutch Literature):
62 names starting with A, of male authors; 2 of women; not mentioned: 1 (Avinck).


Their "canonical" status?

76 authors mentioned in P.C. Molhuysen and P.J. Blok (eds.), Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Leiden, 1911-1937, 10 vols.

113 authors mentioned by K. ter Laan, Letterkundig woordenboek. The Hague, 1941.

126 authors mentioned in Met en zonder lauwerkrans: anthology of Dutch women's writing 1550-1850, published in 1997.


Their authorship?

189 authors of verse

7 women who wrote for children

14 possible contributors to feminist press

156 Dutch translators

7 journalists

5 women publishing in periodicals

Work in progress....


Their professionalism

Cf. Nathalie Grande, Stratégies de romancières. Paris, 1999:
diversité des parcours au XVIIe siècle
1. Les "occasionnelles", dont Madame de Marcé
2. Les amatrices, dont Madame de Salvan
3. les professionnelles, notamment "La Sapho de ce siècle: Mlle de Scudéry"


A framework to study them


Replacing them in history

Cf. Margaret Cohen,


an example: the case of Miss Boele van Hensbroek


SvD, November 2007 (not finished)

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