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Visualising Female Authorship. Author Portraits and the Representation of Female Literary Authority in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic

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Author:
Lieke van Deinsen KU Leuven, VU Amsterdam, Belgium

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12 Dec 2019
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Abstract

This article discusses printed author portraits of women writers as vehicles of public image in the male-dominated eighteenth-century book market. It shows how Dutch women writers responded to the growing demand for author portraits and used their portrait engravings to shape their public image. It proved to be a fine line between showcasing literary aspirations and maintaining female modesty.

Title:
Visualising Female Authorship. Author Portraits and the Representation of Female Literary Authority in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15700690-12341449
Language:
English
Pages:
283–314
Keywords:
author portraits; authorial identity and (self-)representation; women writers; eighteenth-century Dutch book market; print culture
In:
Quaerendo
In:
Volume 49: Issue 4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1570-0690
Print ISSN:
0014-9527
Subjects:
Early Modern History, History, Book History, History of the Book, Book History and Cartography

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