Identity, Intertextuality, and Performance in Early Modern Song Culture

Identity, Intertextuality, and Performance in Early Modern Song Culture for the first time explores comparatively the dynamic process of group formation through the production and appropriation of songs in various European countries and regions.

Dieuwke van der Poel, Ph.D. (1989), Utrecht University, is Associate Professor at that university. She co-edited an edition of the Antwerp Songbook (2004) andWomen’s Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875 (2010). Louis Peter Grijp, Ph.D. (1991), Meertens Institute, Amsterdam and Utrecht University, is Professor of Research in Dutch song culture. He has published numerous articles and books on song culture. He is founder of the Dutch Song Database. Wim van Anrooij, Ph.D. (1990), University of Leiden, is Professor of Dutch literature up to Romanticism at that university. He has published monographs and articles on Middle Dutch literature, and co-editedEarly Modern Medievalisms: The Interplay Between Scholarly Reflection and Artistic Production (Brill, 2010).