Lyric Address in Dutch Literature, 1250-1800

Lyric address: By way of an introduction - Cornelis van der Haven, Juergen Pieters 1. Staying in tune with love - Aniko Daroczi Hadewijch, 'Song 31' (13th century) 2. O brittle infirm creature - Clara Strijbosch Anon. (Gruuthuse MS, f. 28v), 'Song' (ca. 1400) 3. Lyric address in sixteenth-century song - Dieuwke van der Poel Aegied Maes (?), 'Come hear my sad complaint' (before 1544) 4. An early-modern address to the author - Britt Grootes Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, 'My love, my love, my love' (1610) 5. Parrhesia and apostrophe - Marrigje Paijmans Joost van den Vondel, 'Salutation to the Most Illustrious and Noble Prince Frederick Henry' (1626) 6. Lyrical correspondence - Marijn van Dijk Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, 'To My Lord Hooft on the death of Lady van Zuilichem' (1637) 7. The apostrophic interpellation of a son - Juergen Pieters Jan Six van Chandelier, 'Myn Vaaders lyk my toesprekende' (1657) 8. Guilty pleasure - Christophe Madelein Hubert Korneliszoon Poot, 'Thwarted Attempt of the Poet' (1716) 9. Same-sex intimacy in 18th-century occasional poetry - Maaike Meijer Elizabeth Wolff-Bekker, 'To Miss Agatha Deken' (1777) 10. Nature, poetry and the address of friends - Cornelis van der Haven Jacobus Bellamy, 'To my Friends' (1785) Epilogue: Lyrical and theatrical apostrophe, from performing actor to textual self - Frans-Willem Korsten