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Title: The Dutch against Napoleon. Resistance Literature and National Identity, 1806-1813
Author(s): Jensen, L.E.
Publication year: 2011
Source: Journal of Dutch Literature, vol. 2, iss. 2, (2011), pp. 5-26
Number of Pages: 22 p.
ISSN: 2211-0887
Related links: http://www.journalofdutchliterature.org/jdl/vol02/nr02/art01
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : http://hdl.handle.net/2066/94715   http://hdl.handle.net/2066/94715

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Subject: Peace treaties and literary representations of nationhood, 1648-1815
Proud to be Dutch. The role of war and propaganda literature in the shaping of an early modern Dutch national identity, 1648-1815
Organization: Nederlandse taal en cultuur
Journal title: Journal of Dutch Literature
Volume: vol. 2
Issue: iss. 2
Page start: p. 5
Page end: p. 26
Abstract:
Literature must be considered as an important source for investigating the opposition against the Napoleonic Empire; throughout Europe there was a strong hidden flow of literature aimed at undermining the French military regime. This article discusses the case of Dutch resistance literature between 1806 and 1813 and argues that studying this type of literature fundamentally changes our perspective on those years. Not only can it be seen as an example of literary activism against Napoleon, it also offers us new insights in the rise of Dutch national thought and nationalism. Special attention is paid to the work of Jan Fredrik Helmers, Cornelis Loots, Hendrik Tollens and Adriaan Loosjes.

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