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Sarah Van der Laan

Arts and Humanities · Indiana University

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Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityRenaissance and Early Modern StudiesRenaissance Literature and CultureClassical Antiquity StudiesMedieval Literature and History

Publications

27

Citations

35

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

17

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
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Sarah Van der Laan studies Renaissance and early modern literature, with particular attention to how epic poetry of that era reworked classical sources, especially Homer's Odyssey. Her work examines poets such as Ariosto, Spenser, Milton, and Camões, exploring themes of heroism, ethics, and the reception of ancient texts in the Renaissance. She also writes on early modern book collecting and the reception of Homer.

Renaissance epic poetryReception of classical antiquity (especially Homer)Early modern English and European literaturePoetic ethics and heroismHistory of books and libraries

Publication activity has been uneven year to year, with a notable concentration of output in 2024.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently
172018: 4 publications18192020: 4 publications20212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 10 publications10242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Critical Care and Resuscitation×2
  • MLN×2
  • ˜The œSpenser review×2
  • The Seventeenth Century×1
  • Modern Philology×1

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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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