Abstract
In this article some possibilities are Suggested for the interpretation of the remarkable use by the Dutch poet Gerrit Kouwenaar (degrees 1923) of the impersonal pronoun 'mend [one] when designating the poets voice. This 'men' can be interpreted as a residue of Kouwenaar's initial social and political bias towards '(man)kind'; as an indication of an epicuristic dimension in his poetry; and as a symptom of a 'poststructuralistic' loss of identity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 75-77 |
| Journal | Spiegel der Letteren |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2005 |