Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary Material / Jan Bloemendal and Frans-Willem Korsten -- Vondel’s Dramas: A Chronological Survey / Eddy Grootes and Riet Schenkeveld-van der Dussen -- Vondel’s Works for the Stage Read and Studied Over the Centuries / Riet Schenkeveld-van der Dussen -- Vondel’s Dramas: Ways of Relating Present and Past / Frans-Willem Korsten -- Vondel’s Life / Mieke B. Smits-Veldt and Marijke Spies -- Vondel’s Religion / Judith Pollmann -- Vondel and Amsterdam / Eddy Grootes -- Vondel as a Dramatist: The Representation of Language and Body / Bettina Noak -- Vondel’s Theatre and Music / Louis Peter Grijp and Jan Bloemendal -- Vondel’s Dramas: Their Afterlife in Performance / Mieke B. Smits-Veldt -- Between Disregard and Political Mobilization – Vondel as a Playwright in Contemporary European Context: England, France and the German Lands / Guillaume van Gemert -- New Historicism – Hierusalem verwoest (1620) and the Jewish Question / Jürgen Pieters -- Politics and Aesthetics – Decoding Allegory in Palamedes (1625) / Nina Geerdink -- Translation Studies – Vondel’s Appropriation of Grotius’s Sophompaneas (1635) / Madeleine Kasten -- Intertextuality – Gysbreght van Aemstel (1637) / Marco Prandoni -- Dramaturgy – Staging Problems in Vondel’s Gysbreght van Aemstel / Peter G.F. Eversmann -- Cultural Analysis – Joseph Plays / Mieke Bal , Maaike Bleeker , Bennett Carpenter and Frans-Willem Korsten -- The Humanist Tradition – Maria Stuart (1646) / James A. Parente and Jan Bloemendal -- Deconstruction – Unsettling Peace in Leeuwendalers (1647) / Stefan van der Lecq -- Religion and Politics – Lucifer (1654) and Milton’s Paradise Lost (1674) / Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen and Helmer Helmers -- Gender Studies – Emotions in Jeptha (1659) / Kristine Steenbergh -- Close Reading and Theory – The David Plays / Frans-Willem Korsten -- Psychoanalysis – Law, Theatre and Violence in Samson (1660) / Yasco Horsman -- Law and Literature – Batavische gebroeders (1663) / Jeanne Gaakeer -- New Philology – Variants in Adam in ballingschap (1664) / Jan Bloemendal -- Philosophy – Noah (1667) on God and Nature / Wiep van Bunge -- Bibliography of Vondel’s Dramas (1850–2010) / Jan Bloemendal -- Works Cited / Jan Bloemendal and Frans-Willem Korsten -- About the Authors / Jan Bloemendal and Frans-Willem Korsten -- Index of Names, Including Characters / Jan Bloemendal and Frans-Willem Korsten -- Index of Names of Scholars / Jan Bloemendal and Frans-Willem Korsten -- Index of Concepts, Subjects, Themes, Geographical Names / Jan Bloemendal and Frans-Willem Korsten.

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Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was the most prolific poet and playwright of his age. During his long life, roughly coinciding with the Dutch Golden Age, he wrote over thirty tragedies. He was a famous figure in political and artistic circles of Amsterdam, a contemporary and acquaintance of Grotius and Rembrandt, and in general well acquainted with Latin humanists, Dutch scholars, authors and Amsterdam burgomasters. He fuelled literary, religious and political debates. His tragedy 'Gysbreght van Aemstel', which was played on the occasion of the opening of the stone city theatre in 1638, was to become the most famous play in Dutch history, and can probably boast holding the record for the longest tradition of annual performance in Europe. In general, Vondel’s texts are literary works in the full sense of the word, complex and inexhaustive; attracting attention throughout the centuries. Contributors include: Eddy Grootes, Riet Schenkeveld-van der Dussen, Mieke B. Smits-Veldt, Marijke Spies, Judith Pollmann, Bettina Noak, Louis Peter Grijp, Guillaume van Gemert, Jürgen Pieters, Nina Geerdink, Madeleine Kasten, Marco Prandoni, Peter Eversmann, Mieke Bal, Maaike Bleeker, Bennett Carpenter, James A. Parente, Jr., Stefan van der Lecq, Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen, Helmer Helmers, Kristine Steenbergh, Yasco Horsman, Jeanne Gaakeer, and Wiep van Bunge.

English.