Publication Date:
2024-03-23
Description:
This article investigates ‘nose books’ (neusboekjes) and their social functions
in the Early Modern Low Countries. Nose books are short literary texts written
in the form of joyful ordinances that can be found in bound volumes (Sammelbände).
These volumes contain a number of separately printed works, such
as almanacs, prognostications and popular texts, which were subsequently
bound together. Unlike previous studies, which have largely considered nose
books as purely entertaining, this article demonstrates that nose books were
initially sold as a form of political satire. As such, they encouraged societal
engagement. However, over the course of the eighteenth century, the political
undertone of nose books was no longer part of people’s reading experiences.
These later readers appreciated the parody of the official ordinance instead.
Keywords:
nose nooks, Sammelband, pamphlet, broadsheet, reading experience
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thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDN Netherlands
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thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLC Library, archive and information management
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics
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thema EDItEUR::2 Language qualifiers::2A Indo-European languages::2AC Germanic and Scandinavian languages::2ACD Dutch
Language:
Dutch
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