RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Sleiderink, Remco A1 van den Braber, Helleke A1 Geerdink, Nina A1 Ham, LaurensYR 2020 T1 Naar een diachrone blik op de verdiensten van Nederlandstalige auteurs JF Nederlandse Letterkunde, VO 25 IS 1 SP 7 OP 26 DO https://doi.org/10.5117/NEDLET2020.1.002.SLEI PB Amsterdam University Press, SN 2352-118X, AB Abstract This article argues that it is both important and viable to develop a diachronic perspective on the profits of literary authors in the Low Countries. Up to now, conceptual and theoretical boundaries between different subdisciplines within Dutch literary studies have resulted in a compartmentalized, fragmentary narrative of the economic, social and symbolic profits of literary authors throughout the centuries. On the basis of a survey of the theoretical frameworks dominant in the subdisciplines of medieval, early modern and modern Dutch literature, we highlight the opportunities and difficulties for a diachronic perspective on financial advancement, focusing both on practice and discourse. In addition, we propose a schematic model that tries to overcome the difficulties and enables us to profit from the opportunities. This proposal allows for a sharper focus on both the practice of and discourse on literary authors’ economic gain from a diachronic perspective., UL https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NEDLET2020.1.002.SLEI