A Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)

Revised, Second Edition

Peter Davidson editor Adriaan van der Weel editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Amsterdam University Press

Published:20th Jul '15

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A Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) cover

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’s literary talent and his remarkable linguistic range.

ISBN: 9789089648792

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294 pages