3 From Dutch Byron to National Symbol: Nicolaas Beets

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. Introduction 9
5. 1 The Calvinist Celebrity: Willem Bilderdijk 29
6. 2 Poet of the Nation: Hendrik Tollens 67
7. 3 From Dutch Byron to National Symbol: Nicolaas Beets 99
8. 4 The Piet Paaltjens Myth: François HaverSchmidt 135
9. 5 Messiah with Girls: Multatuli 165
10. 6 The Dutch Dynamic 203
11. Notes 227
12. Bibliography 259
13. Index 271