The Practice of Philology in the Nineteenth-Century Netherlands /

Dutch scholarship has played an important role in philology since the early days of Leiden University. This volume illuminates how philology and its focus on the critical examination of classical texts-a tradition that had previously exerted considerable influence across fields as diverse as theolog...

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Other Authors: Zuidervaart, Huib (Editor), Kalmthout, Ton van (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam [Netherlands] : Amsterdam University Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • 1. Introduction / van Kalmthout, Ton / Zuidervaart, Huib
  • 2. The Importance of the History of Philology, or the Unprecedented Impact of the Study of Texts / Bod, Rens
  • 3. 'Dutch Language and Literature' (and other 'national philologies') as an example of discipline formation in the humanities / Johannes, Gert-Jan
  • 4. Between academic discipline and societal relevance / Kok Escalle, Marie-Christine
  • 5. Fruin's Aristocracy / Tollebeek, Jo
  • 6. Biblical Philology and Theology / Magliano-Tromp, Johannes
  • 7. Linguistics as a profession
  • 8. 'Remember Dousa!' / Rock, Jan
  • 9. Beam of a many-coloured spectrum / van Kalmthout, Ton
  • 10. Trifles for 'Unflemings' / Steyaert, Kris
  • 11. The Relations of Jacob Grimm with the 'Koninklijk-Nederlandsch Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letterkunde en Schoone Kunsten' / Schlusemann, Rita M.
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index.