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The Tachtigers were so named simply because they became active around the year 1880. The movement was based on revolt against what the Tachtigers perceived as the formalistic and overly wrought style of mainstream literature in their day, particularly as favored by the predominant literary journal in Amsterdam, ''[[De Gids]]'' (''The Guide''). The Tachtigers instead insisted that style must match content, and that intimate and visceral emotions can only be expressed using an intimate and visceral writing style. For guidance in this effort, they tended to draw inspiration from [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], and from the then recent [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] painters and [[Naturalism (literature)|Naturalist]] writers. |
The Tachtigers were so named simply because they became active around the year 1880. The movement was based on revolt against what the Tachtigers perceived as the formalistic and overly wrought style of mainstream literature in their day, particularly as favored by the predominant literary journal in Amsterdam, ''[[De Gids]]'' (''The Guide''). The Tachtigers instead insisted that style must match content, and that intimate and visceral emotions can only be expressed using an intimate and visceral writing style. For guidance in this effort, they tended to draw inspiration from [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], and from the then recent [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] painters and [[Naturalism (literature)|Naturalist]] writers. |
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After ''De Gids'' continued to reject most of their submissions, the Tachtigers founded their own competing literary journal, mockingly called ''[[De Nieuwe Gids]]'' (''The New Guide''), first published in October 1885. Two of the founding editors and frequent contributors were the poet and critic [[Willem Kloos]] and the poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and psychiatrist [[Frederik van Eeden]], both of whom are widely regarded today as canonical greats of Dutch literature.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} The other three founding editors were F. van der Goes, Willem Paap, and Albert Verwey. Other prominent Tachtigers whose works appeared in ''De Nieuwe Gids'' include the literary critic [[Lodewijk van Deyssel]] and the poet [[Herman Gorter]], author of ''[[Mei (poem)|Mei]]'', who is probably the most widely read Tachtiger, and who went on to become a founding member of the [[Social Democratic Party (Netherlands)|Social Democratic Party]]. |
After ''De Gids'' continued to reject most of their submissions, the Tachtigers founded their own competing literary journal, mockingly called ''[[De Nieuwe Gids]]'' (''The New Guide''), first published in October 1885. Two of the founding editors and frequent contributors were the poet and critic [[Willem Kloos]] and the poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and psychiatrist [[Frederik van Eeden]], both of whom are widely regarded today as canonical greats of Dutch literature.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} The other three founding editors were F. van der Goes, Willem Paap, and Albert Verwey. Other prominent Tachtigers whose works appeared in ''De Nieuwe Gids'' include the literary critic [[Lodewijk van Deyssel]] and the poet [[Herman Gorter]], author of the epic poem ''[[Mei (poem)|Mei]]'', who is probably the most widely read Tachtiger, and who went on to become a founding member of the [[Social Democratic Party (Netherlands)|Social Democratic Party]]. |
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Another prominent novelist, [[Louis Couperus]], published his first novel in 1889 and was deeply influenced by the Tachtigers. He is often counted as a Tachtiger, although he was outside the Amsterdam social circle of the true Tachtigers.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} |
Another prominent novelist, [[Louis Couperus]], published his first novel in 1889 and was deeply influenced by the Tachtigers. He is often counted as a Tachtiger, although he was outside the Amsterdam social circle of the true Tachtigers.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} |
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The Tachtigers ("Eightiers"), otherwise known as the Movement of Eighty (Template:Lang-nl), were a radical and influential group of writers who interacted and worked together in Amsterdam in the 1880s, many of whom are still widely read today.
The Tachtigers were so named simply because they became active around the year 1880. The movement was based on revolt against what the Tachtigers perceived as the formalistic and overly wrought style of mainstream literature in their day, particularly as favored by the predominant literary journal in Amsterdam, De Gids (The Guide). The Tachtigers instead insisted that style must match content, and that intimate and visceral emotions can only be expressed using an intimate and visceral writing style. For guidance in this effort, they tended to draw inspiration from Shakespeare, and from the then recent Impressionist painters and Naturalist writers.
After De Gids continued to reject most of their submissions, the Tachtigers founded their own competing literary journal, mockingly called De Nieuwe Gids (The New Guide), first published in October 1885. Two of the founding editors and frequent contributors were the poet and critic Willem Kloos and the poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and psychiatrist Frederik van Eeden, both of whom are widely regarded today as canonical greats of Dutch literature.[citation needed] The other three founding editors were F. van der Goes, Willem Paap, and Albert Verwey. Other prominent Tachtigers whose works appeared in De Nieuwe Gids include the literary critic Lodewijk van Deyssel and the poet Herman Gorter, author of the epic poem Mei, who is probably the most widely read Tachtiger, and who went on to become a founding member of the Social Democratic Party.
Another prominent novelist, Louis Couperus, published his first novel in 1889 and was deeply influenced by the Tachtigers. He is often counted as a Tachtiger, although he was outside the Amsterdam social circle of the true Tachtigers.[citation needed]
Sources
- Gerben Colmjon (1963). De beweging van Tachtig: een cultuurhistorische verkenning in de negentiende eeuw (in Dutch). Antwerp: Spectrum. OCLC 901586030.
- Enno Endt (1990). Het festijn van tachtig: de vervulling van heel groote dingen scheen nabij (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Nijgh & van Ditmar. ISBN 9789023657262.
- Martien J. G. de Jong, ed. (1985). Honderd jaar later: essays over schrijvers en geschriften uit de Beweging van Tachtig: Lodewijk van Deyssel, Frederik van Eeden, Herman Gorter, Willem Kloos, Albert Verwey (in Dutch). Baarn: De Prom. ISBN 9789068010145.
- Jan Oosterholt (2005). De bril van Tachtig: het beeld van de 19e-eeuwse Nederlandse dichtkunst. Amsterdamse historische reeks, Kleine serie (in Dutch). Vol. 45. Amsterdam: Stichting Amsterdamse Historische Reeks. ISBN 9789073941274.
- Corrado Hoorweg (2014). Van Mathilde tot Mei: de dichters van 1880 en de vriendschapssonnetten van Jacques Perk en Willem Kloos. Prominent (in Dutch). Vol. 8. Baarn: TIEM. ISBN 9789079272389.
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