The Swan of the Well by Titia Brongersma

by Eric Miller and Titia Brongersma

Acclaimed as Sappho reborn by the circle of humanist intellectuals centred around Groningen University in the Netherlands, the Dutch poet Titia Brongersma published her only book, The Swan of the Well, in 1686. This is the first full translation of Brongersma's extant work. An artist as versatile, eloquent, and daring as her English contemporary Aphra Behn, Brongersma dedicated more than thirty impassioned poems to her beloved, Elisabeth Joly, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228003385
• ISBN13: 9780228003380
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.6" x 9.4"