Germanic myths and gender constructions in German and Dutch theatre texts 1660U+20131780 Ghent University
Germanic liberation myths play an important role in the development of a national consciousness in both the Dutch Republic and the German countries. This article discusses a selection of German and Dutch theatre texts from the seventeenth and eighteenth century about the uprisings and battles of Germanic tribes against the Romans. In existing studies of the Hermannsschlacht-motif in German literature, some scholars conclude that in the course of ...