Joost van den Vondel
(1587-1679)
Dutch dramatist and poet: born 17th November , 1587, Cologne, Germany: died Amsterdam 5th February, 1679.
PLAYS
- Het Pascha ofte De verlossinge der kind'ren lsraels wt Egypten (Passover, or The Deliverance of the Sons of Israel from Egypt). Biblical tragicomedy. Published 1612. Produced 1610.
- Hierusalem verwoest (The Destruction of Jerusalem). Drama. Produced 1620.
- Palamedes of Vermoorde onnoselheit (Palamedes, or Murdered Innocence). Political tragedy. Written 1625. Published 1625. Produced Rotterdam, 1663.
- De amsteldamsche Hecuba. Play. Published 1626. Adaptation based on Seneca's Troades.
- Hippolytus. Play. Published 1628. Adaptation based on Seneca's Phaedra.
- Josef of Sofompaneas (Joseph, or Sophompaneas). Play. Written 1635. Translation from the Latin drama of Hugo Grotius.
- Gysbreght van Aemstel. Tragedy. Written 1637. Published 1637. Produced Amsterdam, Jan. 3, 1638.
- Silius en Messalina (Silius and Messalina). Play. Written ca. 1639.
- Maeghden (Maidens). Hagiographic tragedy. Published 1639.
- Joseph aan 't hof (Joseph at the Court). Play. Produced 1640. First part of Joseph trilogy.
- Joseph in Dothan. Play. Produced 1640. Second part of Joseph trilogy.
- Joseph in Egypten (Joseph in Egypt). Play. Produced 1640. Third part of Joseph trilogy.
- Gebroeders (The Brothers). Biblical tragedy. Published 1640. Produced 1641.
- Peter en Pauwels (Peter and Paul). Hagiographic tragedy. Published 1641.
- Maria Stuart of Gemartelde majesteit (Mary Stuart, or Martyred Majesty). Tragedy. Published 1646.
- Leeuwendalers (The Inhabitants of Leeuwendaal). Allegoric pastoral. Published 1647. Produced May 7, 1648.
- Salomon (Solomon). Tragedy. Written 1648.
- Lucifer. Tragedy. Published 1654. Produced February, 1654.
- Salmoneus. Mythological drama. Written 1657.
- Jeptha of Offerbelofte (Jephthah, or The Promised Sacrifice). Tragedy. Published 1659.
- Samson of Heilige wraeck (Samson, or The Holy Revenge). Epic drama. Published 1660.
- Konig David in ballingschap (King David in Exile). Written 1660. First of a pair of David tragedies.
- Konig David herstelt (King David Restored). Play. Written 1660. Second of a pair of David tragedies.
- Feniciaanse. Play. Published 1660. Adaptation based on Euripides's Phoenissae.
- Trachiniae. Play. Published 1660. Adaptation based on Sophocles's play of the same name.
- Adonias of Rampgzalige kroonzucht (Adonias, or Fatal Aspiration to the Crown). Drama. Written 1661.
- Batavische gebroeders of Onderdruckte vryheit (The Batavian Brothers, or Liberty Suppressed). Drama. Written 1663.
- Faeton of Reuckeloze stoutheit (Phaeton, or Reckless Audacity). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1663. Produced 1685.
- Adam in ballingschap of Alter treurspelen treurspel (Adam in Exile, or The Tragedy of Tragedies). Tragedy. Published 1664.
- Zungchin of Ondergang der sineesche heerschappije (Ch'ung-chen, or The Fall of the Chinese Empire). Tragedy. Written 1667.
- Noah of Ondergang der eerste wereld (Noah, or The Fall of the First World). Tragedy. Published 1667.
CRITICISM
- A. J. Bamouw, Vondel, 1925
- C. K. Pott, "Holland-German Literary Relations in the 17th Century: Vondel and Gryphius,"
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 1948
- B. H. Molkenboer, De jonge Vondel, 1950
- J. Noe, Joost van den Vondel, 1955
- P. King, "The Sacramental Thought in Vondel's Drama," Modern Language Review, 1956
- W. A. P. Smit, Van Pascha tot Noah, 3 vols., 1956-1962
- J. Melles, Joost van den Vondel, 1956
- W. A. P. Smit, "The Emblematic Aspect of Vondel's Tragedies as the Key to Their Interpretation," Modern Language Review, 1957
- K. Langvik-Johannesen, Zwischen Himmel und Erde. Eine Studie Ober Post van den Vondels biblische Tragedie, 1963
- W. A. P. Smit and P. Brachin, Vondel (1587-1679), 1964
- L. Rens, Het priester-koningconfiict in Vondels drama, 1965
- E. M. Szarota, Kanstler, Griibler und Rebellen. Studien zum europaischen Martyrerdrama des 17. Jahrhunderts, 1967
- P. K. King, Complete Word-indexes to I. Van den Vondel's "Bespiegelingen van Godt en Godtsdienst" and "Lucifer," 1973
- Visies op Vondel na 300 jaar, ed. by S. F. Witstein en E. K. Grootes.