Images for a Lover's Eye. Sonnets from Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft's Emblemata Amatoria and their European Poetic Lineage ; Wizerunki dla spojrzeń zakochanych. Sonety Piotra Corneliszoona Hoofta ze zbioru Emblemata amatoria a tradycje liryki europejskiego renesansu

The subject of this study is the relationship of the lyric oeuvre of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581-1647), exemplified by the sonnets from his first published volume Emblemata Amatoria (1611), to the traditions of European renaissance lyric poetry, especially Petrarchism and mannerism, in particular on the level of literary topoi and the attitude to the sonnet form. Hooft’s sonnets achieve their poetic and pragmatic aim primarily by listening to the voices of representatives of authoritative poetic traditions, and reshaping them in a unique, subtle way. Taking Hooft’s volume into our hands, n... Mehr ...