This volume offers an edition with translation and commentary of Daniel Heinsius's Auriacus, sive Libertas saucia of 1602.

"This is an edition of the Latin text of Daniel Heinsius' Latin tragedy Auriacus, sive Libertas saucia (Orange, or Liberty Wounded, 1602), with an introduction, a translation and a commentary. Auriacus was Heinsius' history drama, with which he wished to bring Dutch drama to the level of antiquity"--

Both historically and theoretically this book deals the work and the life of Joost van den Vondel, the most famous and controversial Dutch playwright in the Dutch Republic. Over twenty-five of his tragedies are analyzed, offering an overview of different theoretical approaches. Historically, Vondel is situated in his own times

From the dawn of the early modern period around 1400 until the eighteenth century, Latin was still the European language and its influence extended as far as Asia and the Americas. At the same time, the production of Latin writing exploded thanks to book printing and new literary and cultural

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