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Literary Cultures and Public Opinion in the Low Countries, 1450-1650
In the early modern Low Countries, literary culture functioned on several levels simultaneously: it provided learning, pleasure, and entertainment while also shaping public debate. From a ditty in Dutch sung in the streets to a funeral poem in Latin composed to be read for or by intimate friends, from a play performed for a prince to a comedy written for pupils – literary texts and performanc…
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- 978-90-04-20111-8
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- x, 324 pp.
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- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 197
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Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) : Dutch Playwright in the Golden Age
Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was the most prolific poet and playwright of his age. During his long life, roughly coinciding with the Dutch Golden Age, he wrote over thirty tragedies. He was a famous figure in political and artistic circles of Amsterdam, a contemporary and acquaintance of Grotius and Rembrandt, and in general well acquainted with Latin humanists, Dutch scholars, authors and …
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- 978-90-04-21883-3
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- Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe, Volume: 1
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Bilingual Europe: Latin and Vernacular Cultures - Examples of Bilingualism an…
Bilingual Europe presents to the reader a Europe that for a long time was ‘multilingual’: besides the vernacular languages Latin played an important role. Even ‘nationalistic’ treatises could be written in Latin. Until deep into the 18th century scientific works were written in it. It is still an official language of the Roman Catholic Church. But why did authors choose for Latin or for…
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- Volume: 239
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- 978-90-04-28963-5
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