Lyric Address in Dutch Literature, 1250-1800

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Lyric Address in Dutch Literature, 1250-1800 is written by Cornelis Haven and published by Taylor & Francis. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1040787142 (ISBN 10) and 9781040787144 (ISBN 13).

Lyric Address in Dutch Literature, 1250-1800 provides accessible and comprehensive readings of ten Dutch lyrical poems, discussing each poem's historical context, revealing its political or ideological framing, religious elements, or the self-representational interests of the poet. The book focuses on how the use of the speaker's I creates distance or proximity to the social context of the time. Close, detailed analysis of rhetorical techniques, such as the use of the apostrophe, illuminates the ways in which poetry reveals tensions in society.