Joby John Cruso of Norwich and Anglo-Dutch Literary Identity in the Seventeenth Century

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80010-423-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 41, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Studies in Renaissance Literature

The first book-length biography of John Cruso of Norwich (b. 1592/3), a second-generation migrant poet, translator and military author, that explores ideas and practices of identity formation in the early modern period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joby, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue
1. Intrat John Cruso

2. John Cruso's school days
3. John Cruso's early adult life
4. Cruso's elegy to Simeon Ruytinck (1622)
5. Cruso the English poet
6. 1632 - Cruso's annus mirabilis
7. Cruso the translator
8. Cruso's 1642 Dutch verses: praise and lamentation
9. Cruso and the English Civil Wars
10.Cruso the Epigrammatist
11. Cruso's final years
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Poems by John Cruso
Appendix 2: Liminary verses in John Cruso's English publications

Über Autor(innen)

Joby Christopher:
CHRISTOPHER JOBY is Professor in Dutch Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, and Visiting Scholar at the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. His research focusses on the intersection of the Dutch language and culture and other languages and cultures in a historical context.