« Ce n'est jamais le sujet qui rend une œuvre immorale » : La réception de l'œuvre d'Edith Werkendam (1896-1952) dans la critique littéraire néerlandophone

Edith Werkendam (1896-1952) was the author of four novels and a few short
stories. In spite of some success in the 1920s, her work soon fell into oblivion.
Since the 2000s, it has been rediscovered, notably as a research object in the field of
women’s and queer studies. Contemporary critics reserved a mixed judgment to her
work, in which she explored the spectrum of female sexuality. This article analyses
the reception of two works, in which female homosexuality is explicitly discussed:
the collection of short stories Het purperen levenslied (1922) and the novel De
goddelijke zonde (1928).