John Cruso of Norwich and Anglo-Dutch Literary Identity in the Seventeenth Century

The first book-length biography of John Cruso of Norwich (b. 1592/3), a second-generation migrant poet, translator and military author, that explores ideas and practices of identity formation in the early modern period.

List of contents

Prologue
1. Intrat John Cruso

2. John Cruso's school days
3. John Cruso's early adult life
4. Cruso's elegy to Simeon Ruytinck (1622)
5. Cruso the English poet
6. 1632 - Cruso's annus mirabilis
7. Cruso the translator
8. Cruso's 1642 Dutch verses: praise and lamentation
9. Cruso and the English Civil Wars
10.Cruso the Epigrammatist
11. Cruso's final years
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Poems by John Cruso
Appendix 2: Liminary verses in John Cruso's English publications

About the author

CHRISTOPHER JOBY is Professor in Dutch Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznä, Poland, and Visiting Scholar at the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. His research focusses on the intersection of the Dutch language and culture and other languages and cultures in a historical context.

Summary

The first book-length biography of John Cruso of Norwich (b. 1592/3), a second-generation migrant poet, translator and military author, that explores ideas and practices of identity formation in the early modern period.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Grogan, Christopher Joby, Raphael Lyne, Sean Sean Keilen, Matthew Woodcock
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781843846147
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-614-7
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 322 mm x 162 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 752 g
• Illustrations: 1 Maps
• Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous