Juigchen in den adel der menschlijke natuur: het verhevene in de Nederlanden (1770-1830)

Juigchen in den adel der menschlijke natuur is a study on the sublime in the Netherlands. I discuss theoretical contributions on the sublime, written in Dutch, between 1770 and 1830, in the light of the international context (Longinus, N. Boileau, E. Burke, I. Kant, F. Schiller). In the latter half of the 18th century these contributions are all translations of German and English texts (R.M. van Goens, H. van Alphen, P. Loosjes, J.F. Hennert, H. Bosscha translated works by M. Mendelssohn, F.J. Riedel, J. Beattie, and H. Blair); in the early 19th century there is a small but very active group o... Mehr ...