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 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
an example: the case of Miss Boele van Hensbroek
SvD, November 2007 (not finished)