Vondel

/ ˈvɔndəl /

noun

VondelJoost van den15871679MDutchWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatist Joost van den (ˈjoːst vɑn dən). 1587–1679, Dutch poet and dramatist, author of the Biblical plays Lucifer (1654), Adam in Exile (1664), and Noah (1667)

Poor Vondel kept a hosier's shop, which he left to the care of his wife, while he indulged his poetical genius.

Vondel had no other master but his genius, which, with his uncongenial situation, occasioned all his errors.

My desire has been to give Vondel; and Vondel is a sufficient justification.

When Vondel first conceived the plan of writing this tragedy is not known.

The body of the drama was written by Vondel in rimed Alexandrines.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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