UID:
almahu_9949702219802882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 652 pages) :
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portrait.
ISBN:
9789004218833
Series Statement:
Drama and theatre in early modern Europe, v. 1
Content:
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 Amsterdam burgomasters. He fuelled literary, religious and political debates. His tragedy 'Gysbreght van Aemstel', which was played on the occasion of the opening of the stone city theatre in 1638, was to become the most famous play in Dutch history, and can probably boast holding the record for the longest tradition of annual performance in Europe. In general, Vondel's texts are literary works in the full sense of the word, complex and inexhaustive; attracting attention throughout the centuries. Contributors include: Eddy Grootes, Riet Schenkeveld-van der Dussen, Mieke B. Smits-Veldt, Marijke Spies, Judith Pollmann, Bettina Noak, Louis Peter Grijp, Guillaume van Gemert, Jürgen Pieters, Nina Geerdink, Madeleine Kasten, Marco Prandoni, Peter Eversmann, Mieke Bal, Maaike Bleeker, Bennett Carpenter, James A. Parente, Jr., Stefan van der Lecq, Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen, Helmer Helmers, Kristine Steenbergh, Yasco Horsman, Jeanne Gaakeer, and Wiep van Bunge.
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Preliminary Material /
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Vondel's Dramas: A Chronological Survey /
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Vondel's Works for the Stage Read and Studied Over the Centuries /
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Vondel's Dramas: Ways of Relating Present and Past /
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Vondel's Life /
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Vondel's Religion /
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Vondel and Amsterdam /
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Vondel as a Dramatist: The Representation of Language and Body /
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Vondel's Theatre and Music /
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Vondel's Dramas: Their Afterlife in Performance /
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Between Disregard and Political Mobilization - Vondel as a Playwright in Contemporary European Context: England, France and the German Lands /
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New Historicism - Hierusalem verwoest (1620) and the Jewish Question /
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Politics and Aesthetics - Decoding Allegory in Palamedes (1625) /
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Translation Studies - Vondel's Appropriation of Grotius's Sophompaneas (1635) /
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Intertextuality - Gysbreght van Aemstel (1637) /
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Dramaturgy - Staging Problems in Vondel's Gysbreght van Aemstel /
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Cultural Analysis - Joseph Plays /
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The Humanist Tradition - Maria Stuart (1646) /
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Deconstruction - Unsettling Peace in Leeuwendalers (1647) /
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Religion and Politics - Lucifer (1654) and Milton's Paradise Lost (1674) /
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Gender Studies - Emotions in Jeptha (1659) /
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Close Reading and Theory - The David Plays /
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Psychoanalysis - Law, Theatre and Violence in Samson (1660) /
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Law and Literature - Batavische gebroeders (1663) /
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New Philology - Variants in Adam in ballingschap (1664) /
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Philosophy - Noah (1667) on God and Nature /
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Bibliography of Vondel's Dramas (1850-2010) /
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Works Cited /
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About the Authors /
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Index of Names, Including Characters /
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Index of Names of Scholars /
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Index of Concepts, Subjects, Themes, Geographical Names /
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English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679). Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 ISBN 9789004217539
Language:
English
Keywords:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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