Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde
ISSN 0040-7550
| Algemene informatie | Aflevering 124-3 (september 2008) | Archief | Binnenkort in dit tijdschrift | Richtlijnen voor auteurs |
Ton van Strien
'De gewone verontschuldigingen.' Literatuur in de brieven van Hooft en Huygens
Abstract -- In this article, the subject of 'poetry' is investigated in the correspondence of P.C. Hooft (1581-1647). The correspondents (mainly Hooft, Huygens en Barlaeus) seem to restrict themselves to rather superficial compliments, but still some interesting conclusions can be drawn, firstly regarding the way poems originated, and secondly regarding the question as to what exactly was appreciated in a 'good' poem. Keywords are 'beauties', 'finds', suggesting attention not so much not to the poems as a whole, as to beautiful lines and phrases. 'Content' of a poem is hardly ever mentioned.
TNTL 124-3 (september 2008), 211-218