Dutch literature data from 85 school poetry anthologies, compiled by Jan Buijsse and hosted by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities. The collection includes a spreadsheet with chronological overviews of poets and poem counts, plus two audio recordings of poems recited by Paul Huf from 1934 and 1938. The dataset was last updated on October 24, 2025.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the historical representation of poets in Dutch education based on the anthology contents.
- Studying publishing trends and denominational influences in school materials based on publisher and denomination data.
- Conducting computational literary analysis on the progression of poets featured across anthologies.
- Creating educational resources or exhibits that combine tabular metadata with historical audio recordings of poetry.
Strengths
- Covers 85 distinct school poetry anthologies, providing a substantial sample.
- Includes two historical audio recordings of poems from 1934 and 1938, adding a multimedia dimension.
- Metadata indicates specific data points like poets, poem titles, publishers, print runs, publication years, and denominations.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from the contents of 85 school poetry anthologies.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-24 04:25:48; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Netherlands (inferred from Dutch literature focus)