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.
Author: Joost Van Den Vondel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01/01/1993
Pages: 78
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9780948230370
ISBN10: 0948230371
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | European | Scandinavian
- Drama | Religious & Liturgical
About the Author
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.