A Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) : Revised, Second Edition /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Huygens, Constantijn, 1596-1687 (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Weel, Adriaan van der (Traducteur, Éditeur intellectuel), Davidson, Peter, 1957- (Traducteur, Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Dutch
Latín
Francés
Alemán
Italiano
Español
Publié: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
Édition:Revised edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern.
Dutch poetry.
POETRY > Continental European.
Poesie latine medievale et moderne.
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern > Translations into English.
Dutch poetry > 1500-1800 > Translations into English.
Dutch poetry > 1500-1800.
Poesie.
Poetry.
Translations.
Poetry
poetry.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (228 pages).
ISBN:9789048527434

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