Rudolf Dekker Books
Childhood, Memory and Autobiography in Holland
"Between the 17th and 19th centuries autobiographers and diarists invented new ways to write about childhood and children. At the same time, pedagogical ideas about child-rearing changed. This book...
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Humour in Dutch Culture of the Golden Age
"In the seventeenth century the Dutch were a surprisingly humorous people. There was a great demand for jestbooks and farces, and many painters specialised in comical genres. After 1670, however, u...
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