Dutch Golden Age poet Constantijn Huygens (15961687) 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 Huygenss poems and provide excellent translations for those written in Dutch, Latin, and a number of other languagesrevealing both Huygenss literary talent and his remarkable linguistic range.
Peter Davidsonis chair of Renaissance studies at the University of Aberdeen, UK.Adriaan van der Weelis extraordinary professor at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society in the Netherlands.
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