Female writer Van Merken 1768 | David. In twaalf boeken. Second edition (2e druk), Amsterdam Pieter Meijer, 1768, [4]+395+[1] pp. With the loose engraved portrait by R. Vinkeles.
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Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur / ILAB, Den Haag, NetherlandsAntiquariaat Arine van der Steur / ILAB
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Good half leather copy of the famous female writer Lucretia van Merken. With loose engraved portrait of R. Vinkeles after N. Pothoven (19 x 13,2 cm). Quarto edition, in -4, 19 x 16,5 cm. Titlepage with restored part as a former name was cut out of the book. Last page also missing a part of the paper. Copy with some pencil remarks added (can be removed easily).David (1768) by Lucretia van Merken is a religious epic poem that retells the biblical life of King David as a moral and spiritual exemplar, combining classical epic form with Enlightenment-era didacticism and Christian devotion. Most famous female author of the 18th century. Lucretia van Merken acquired immediate fame after the publication of her almost 900-verse didactic poem "Het nut der tegenspoeden". In this poem, Van Merken argues that life’s inevitable setbacks or hardship are extremely useful to a person. Van Merken was praised by her contemporaries and dubbed "the Sappho of our century". Somewhat ten years later Van Merken’s poem was mentioned in Nicolaas Beets’s Camera Obscura (1839), and it appears her works were still read by then.[NL]David van Lucretia van Merken is een bijbels epos (heldendicht) dat zij in 1767 publiceerde, dit is de tweede druk uit 1768. Het gedicht behandelt het leven van de Bijbelse koning David, met nadruk op zijn morele ontwikkeling, innerlijke strijd en verhouding tot God. Van Merken gebruikt David niet alleen als historische of religieuze figuur, maar vooral als moreel voorbeeld, passend binnen de verlichte, didactische poëzie van de achttiende eeuw. Thema’s als deugd, lijden, berouw, goddelijke voorzienigheid en menselijke zwakheid staan centraal.Stilistisch sluit David aan bij de klassieke epische traditie (Homerus, Vergilius, Milton), met verheven taal en uitgebreide beschrijvingen, maar tegelijk is het werk sterk religieus en moraliserend. Het epos bevestigde Van Merkens reputatie als een van de belangrijkste Nederlandse dichters van haar tijd en droeg bij aan haar status als leidende vrouwelijke auteur in de Republiek.Het werk werd door tijdgenoten serieus genomen en besproken, al werd het later – net als veel achttiende-eeuwse poëzie – minder gelezen. Tegenwoordig is David vooral van belang voor de studie van Nederlandse verlichtingsliteratuur, religieuze poëzie en vrouwen in de literaire canon. L2561Lucretia van Merken – Dutch poetry – women’s poetry – first edition – Dutch female authors – Gerard Hasselaar – Johanna Muhl – Nicolaas van Winter – religion – collected works.…
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- Female writer Van Merken 1768 | David. In twaalf boeken. Second edition (2e druk), Amsterdam Pieter Meijer, 1768, [4]+395+[1] pp. With the loose engraved portrait by R. Vinkeles.
- Author
- Merken, Lucretia Wilhelmina van
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- Very Good
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- Hardcover
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- Literature, Literature, Theater, Women,, Theater, Women
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