Which nineteenth-century pseudonym did François Haverschmidt adopt to publish melancholic, romantic parody poems in Snikken en grimlachjes (1867)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Piet Paaltjens
- Step 1: Haverschmidt created the fictitious alter ego Piet Paaltjens. Step 2. In Snikken en grimlachjes, Paaltjens parodies the excessive sentimentalism ('Weltschmerz') of high Romanticism with deadpan irony. Answer: Piet Paaltjens. Why not the others: Multatuli was Douwes Dekker; De Schoolmeester wrote humorous doggerel; Klikspaan wrote Studenten-typen.
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