Milton, Marvell, and the Dutch republic /

The tumultuous relations between Britain and the United Provinces in the seventeenth century provide the backdrop to this book, striking new ground as its transnational framework permits an overview of their intertwined culture, politics, trade, intellectual exchange and religious debate. How the En...

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Main Author: Van Raamsdonk, Esther (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Routledge studies in Renaissance and early modern worlds of knowledge.
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Summary:The tumultuous relations between Britain and the United Provinces in the seventeenth century provide the backdrop to this book, striking new ground as its transnational framework permits an overview of their intertwined culture, politics, trade, intellectual exchange and religious debate. How the English and Dutch understood each other is colored by these factors, and revealed through an imagological method, charting the myriad uses of stereotypes in different genres and contexts. The discussion is anchored in a specific context through the lives and works of John Milton and Andrew Marvell, whose complex connections with Dutch people and society are investigated. As well as turning overdue attention to neglected Dutch writers of the period, the book creates new possibilities for reading Milton and Marvell as not merely English, but European poets.
Physical Description:xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-250) and index.
ISBN:9780367520571
0367520575