Middelnederlandse en historische letterkunde na de ‘turbo-mediëvistiek’: dobberen in het kielzog of een nieuwe koers?

Caers, B.J.M. (2023)

Article / Letter to editor

This contribution looks back on a period of 35 years of Middle Dutch Studies, through the perspective of the retirement of Frits van Oostrom, who played a central role in the field in the past few decades. Starting from a
1989 volume in which Van Oostrom, along with Frank Willaert and several other specialists of Middle Dutch Literature, looked towards the present and future of the field, I aim to gauge whether their expectations have
come true. Supported by the work of fellow scholars who have discussed general developments in the field of Middle Dutch Studies in the past, I aim to draw a balance of the field’s position in terms of international dialogue, digital research methods, methodological innovation and the broader embeddedness in the (diachronic) study of Dutch literature.

• Middle Dutch literature
• Early Modern Dutch literature
• Interdisciplinary scholarship
• Reference works
• History of science

• All authors: Caers, B.J.M.
• Date: 2023-04-01
• Journal: Queeste
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75 - 99
• DOI: doi:10.5117/QUE2023.1.005.CAER