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Document Details : Title: Mariken in Parijs Subtitle: Een Middelnederlandse intertekst in Willem Frederik Hermans' Au pair Author(s): SMITS, Lieke Journal: Spiegel der Letteren Volume: 65 Issue: 1 Date: 2023 Pages: 83-103 DOI: 10.2143/SDL.65.1.3292287 Abstract : The novel Au Pair by Willem Frederik Hermans (1989), about the adventures of the Dutch au pair Paulina in Paris, has led to many different interpretations because of its puzzling nature. This article adds to the understanding of the novel by examining the previously neglected intertextuality with the Middle Dutch text Mariken van Nieumeghen. With this intertext Hermans evokes metaliterary reflections and places himself in the Dutch literary tradition. |
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