Kouwenaars `men'

J.H.W. Kusters

doi:10.2143/SDL.47.1.2004815

Kouwenaars `men'

J.H.W. Kusters^*

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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
Pages (from-to)	75-77
Journal	Spiegel der Letteren
Volume	47
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2143/SDL.47.1.2004815
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2005

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