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Acclaimed as Sappho reborn by the circle of humanist intellectuals centred around Groningen University in the Netherlands, the brilliant seventeenth-century Dutch poet Titia Brongersma published her only book, The Swan of the Well, in 1686. This is the first complete English translation of the work.



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The Swan of the Well by Titia Brongersma

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      Publisher McGill-Queen's University Press
      Published 18 November 2020
      ISBN-13 9780228003380
      978-0228003380
      ISBN-10 0228003385
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: poetry and poets Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Acclaimed as Sappho reborn by the circle of humanist intellectuals centred around Groningen University in the Netherlands, the brilliant seventeenth-century Dutch poet Titia Brongersma published her only book, The Swan of the Well, in 1686. This is the first complete English translation of the work.



      Trade Review

      "The Swan of the Well by Titia Brongersma offers an attractive and thorough study through its insights into Brongersma as a writer and person, the cultural depths revealed by Eric Miller, and the skilful translation of the texts." Lia van Gemert, University of Amsterdam

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