A selection of the poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) : a parallel text /
Dutch Golden Age poet Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) was a remarkable figure: in addition to writing poetry, he composed music; was secretary to two Princes of Orange, Frederick Henry and William II; and became a friend to John Donne, Rembrandt, Descartes, and many other notable people of his time....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Dutch Latin French German Italian Spanish |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
| Series: | Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age.
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| Summary: | Dutch Golden Age poet Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) was a remarkable figure: in addition to writing poetry, he composed music; was secretary to two Princes of Orange, Frederick Henry and William II; and became a friend to John Donne, Rembrandt, Descartes, and many other notable people of his time. In this book, Peter Davidson and Adriaan van der Weel offer a broad selection of Huygens's poems and provide excellent translations for those written in Dutch, Latin, and a number of other languages revealing both Huygens literary talent and his remarkable linguistic range. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (295 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9048527430 9789048527434 9789089648792 9089648798 |