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The Multilingualism of Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) / Christopher Joby.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden AgePublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (350 p.) : 10 color plates, 7 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789089647030
  • 9789048524099
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 839.311
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- 1. Multilingualism: An Introduction -- 2. Huygens’s Language Acquisition -- 3. The ‘Multidimensionality’ of Huygens’s Multilingualism -- 4. Huygens’s Multilingualism in Music, Science, and Architecture -- 5. Huygens and Translation -- 6. Code Switching in Huygens’s work -- 7. The Multilingualism of Huygens’s Children -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, Italian, English, Spanish, and German: those are the eight languages that Dutch Golden Age poet Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687) used to write his poetry and correspondence. He also knew a bit of Hebrew and Portuguese. Examining a wide range of Huygens’s writings—including personal letters, state correspondence, and poetry—Christopher Joby explores how Huygens tested the boundaries of language with his virtuosity as a polyglot. From Huygens’s multilingual code switching to his writings on architecture, music, and natural science, this comprehensive account is a must-read for anyone interested in this Dutch statesman and man of letters.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789048524099

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- 1. Multilingualism: An Introduction -- 2. Huygens’s Language Acquisition -- 3. The ‘Multidimensionality’ of Huygens’s Multilingualism -- 4. Huygens’s Multilingualism in Music, Science, and Architecture -- 5. Huygens and Translation -- 6. Code Switching in Huygens’s work -- 7. The Multilingualism of Huygens’s Children -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index

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Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, Italian, English, Spanish, and German: those are the eight languages that Dutch Golden Age poet Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687) used to write his poetry and correspondence. He also knew a bit of Hebrew and Portuguese. Examining a wide range of Huygens’s writings—including personal letters, state correspondence, and poetry—Christopher Joby explores how Huygens tested the boundaries of language with his virtuosity as a polyglot. From Huygens’s multilingual code switching to his writings on architecture, music, and natural science, this comprehensive account is a must-read for anyone interested in this Dutch statesman and man of letters.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)

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