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198 women active during the 18th century;<br><br> | 198 women active during the 18th century;<br><br> | ||
[http://www.dbnl.nl/auteurs/index.php?c=18&l=A DBNL (Digital Library of Dutch Literature)]: <br> | [http://www.dbnl.nl/auteurs/index.php?c=18&l=A DBNL (Digital Library of Dutch Literature)]: <br> | ||
- | 62 names starting with A, of male authors; 2 of women; not mentioned: 1 (Avinck).<br><br><br> | + | names starting with '''A''': |
+ | * 62 male authors; <br> | ||
+ | * 2 women authors; <br> | ||
+ | * 1 woman not mentioned in DBNL: [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=1696 Johanna Avinck].<br><br><br> | ||
'''Their "canonical" status?'''<br><br> | '''Their "canonical" status?'''<br><br> | ||
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[http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/results.asp?type=authors&authorName=&pseudonym=1&year=&Country_ID=2&personal=&professional=&bibliography=ter+laan¬esfield=&Editor_ID=geen&pageSize=50 113 authors] mentioned by K. ter Laan, ''Letterkundig woordenboek''. The Hague, 1941.<br><br> | [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/results.asp?type=authors&authorName=&pseudonym=1&year=&Country_ID=2&personal=&professional=&bibliography=ter+laan¬esfield=&Editor_ID=geen&pageSize=50 113 authors] mentioned by K. ter Laan, ''Letterkundig woordenboek''. The Hague, 1941.<br><br> | ||
- | [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/results.asp?type=authors&authorName=&pseudonym=1&year=&Country_ID=2&personal=&professional=&bibliography=lauwerkrans¬esfield=&Editor_ID=geen&pageSize=50 126 authors] mentioned in ''Met en zonder lauwerkrans'': anthology of Dutch women's writing 1550-1850, published in 1997.<br><br><br> | + | [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/results.asp?type=authors&authorName=&pseudonym=1&year=&Country_ID=2&personal=&professional=&bibliography=lauwerkrans¬esfield=&Editor_ID=geen&pageSize=50 126 authors] mentioned in R. Schenkeveld, K. Porteman, L. van Gemert, P. Couttenier (eds.), ''Met en zonder lauwerkrans''. Amsterdam, 1997 (anthology of Dutch women's writing 1550-1850). br><br><br> |
'''Their authorship?'''<br><br> | '''Their authorship?'''<br><br> |
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NEWW : short presentation
Aim of database creation and data entry
Provide a possibility for "complete" overview of female participation in European literary field before 1900.
Particular attention for:
- possible cohesion of female "networks"?
- relationships toward male individuals and institutions?
Numbers
Women in the literary field of pre-1900 Europe:
2365 names "found" up to now.
Focus on the Netherlands:
766 Dutch "authors".
Sources
see "Sources", left side
Importance of these numbers?
Comparison female/male:
WomenWriters:
198 women active during the 18th century;
DBNL (Digital Library of Dutch Literature):
names starting with A:
- 62 male authors;
- 2 women authors;
- 1 woman not mentioned in DBNL: Johanna 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 R. Schenkeveld, K. Porteman, L. van Gemert, P. Couttenier (eds.), Met en zonder lauwerkrans. Amsterdam, 1997 (anthology of Dutch women's writing 1550-1850). br>
Their authorship?
7 women who wrote for children
14 possible contributors to feminist press
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)