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Document Details : Title: Stadsdichterschap in de zeventiende eeuw Subtitle: Jan Vos (1610-1667) en Amsterdam Author(s): GEERDINK, Nina Journal: Spiegel der Letteren Volume: 53 Issue: 4 Date: 2011 Pages: 443-460 DOI: 10.2143/SDL.53.4.2136975 Abstract : In seventeenth-century Amsterdam, poets showed their commitment to their city by praising it, its council and its politics in poems and tableaux vivants. Supported by rich and powerful city regents who acted as patrons, some poets achieved the unofficial status of 'poet laureate' of Amsterdam. One of them was Jan Vos (1610-1667). As this article shows, Vos maintained and cemented this status in his poetry, promoting himself as a city poet and underlining that he expected something in return from the regents. |
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