Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Cultural Nationalism and the Rise of Dutch Studies -- 1. Matthijs Siegenbeek in Defence of Dutch -- 2. Barthold Hendrik Lulofs. A 'Learned Dilettante' -- 3. Poet and Professor. Adam Simons -- 4. Johannes Kinker. A Kantian Philosopher Teaching Dutch Language, Literature, and Eloquence -- 5. Caught Between Propaganda and Science. Ulrich Gerhard Lauts, the Forgotten Father of Dutch Philology in Brussels -- 6. Pieter Weiland and his Nederduitsche Spraakkunst -- 7. Moralist of the Nation. Johannes Henricus van der Palm -- 8. 'I am Revived as a Belgian'. The Work of Jan Frans Willems -- 9. Adriaan Kluit. Back to the Sources! -- 10. 'Can Grander Skulls be Crowned?'. Jacob van Dijk's Posthumous Literary History -- 11. Hendrik van Wijn. Pioneer of Historical Literary Studies in the Netherlands -- 12. The Founding Father of Dutch Literary History. Jeronimo de Vries -- Afterword -- Index