Publiek, ik veracht u. enigszins: discursieve autonomie in Nederland rond 1800

Recent literary scholarship usually distinguishes between two types of autonomy. Institutional autonomy concerns the creation of a professional and independent literary field, whereas poetical autonomy points to ideas about the self-legitimizing power of literary artworks. In the Netherlands both forms of autonomy supposedly arose almost simultaneously at the end of the nineteenth century. This article introduces a third form of autonomy: discursive autonomy, an author’s way of speaking and writing that shows how he places himself in a(n) (semi-)independent position. This form of autonomy alre... Mehr ...