Lucifer
Published on 31. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
78 pages
978-0-948230-37-0 (ISBN)
Description
An influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton's Paradise Lost. An angel returns from Eden, his wings singed by the beauty of Adam and Eve's world, longing for the pleasures of their flesh.
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Noel Clark...almost persuades you Vondel could out-Milton Milton. * Guardian *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
98 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-948230-37-0 (9780948230370)
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Noel Clark was born in London and studied at Queen's College, Oxford. He has worked for the BBC as a foreign correspondent and then as a freelance literary translator - mostly of classic plays in verse - from Polish, French, Dutch and German. His translations include the works of Fredro, Wyspianski, Vondel, Kleist, Lessing, Corneille, Moliere, and many others.