VONDEL'S LUCIFER

TRANSLATED FROM THE DUTCH

BY

LEONARD CHARLES VAN NOPPEN

ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN AARTS

MCMXVII

CHAS. L. VAN NOPPEN

Publisher

Greensboro, North Carolina

1898

Vondel.

Dedicated by permission

To the

Holland Society of New Vork

Which has ever shown a great interest in the

achievements of the heroic race to which

it proudly traces its origin

and

To my brother

Charles Leonard van Noppen

Whose inspiring love and self-sacrificing

devotion have made this effort

possible

Contents.

Translator's Preface
Introduction Dr. W.H. Carpenter
Vondel and His Lucifer Dr. G. Kalff
Vondel: His Life and Times. A Sketch. Translator
The "Lucifer." An Interpretation. Translator
Bibliography


Vondel's Dedication
On His Majesty's Portrait
Vondel's Foreword
Lucifer
The Argument
Dramatis Personæ
Act I. The Peaceful Joys of Paradise
Act II. The Cloud of Conspiracy
Act III. The Gathering Gloom
Act IV. The Seething Seas of Sedition
Act V. Flood and Flame

The Critical Cult
The American Press
From Signed Reviews
The London Press

Letter from the Board of the Queen Wilhelmina Lectureship.

Parallelisms between Vondel and Milton.

Illustrations.

Portrait of Vondel Frontispiece
The Falling Morning Star
Lucifer
Apollion's Meeting with Belzebub and Belial
Adam and Eve in Paradise before the Fall
Chorus of Angels
The Exaltation of Man
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