P. C. Hoofts Brieven: Nieuwe, Vermeerderde En Naar Den Oorspronkelijken Text Herziene Uitgave, Met Toelichting, Aantekeningen En Bijlagen, Volume 1... (Dutch Edition)
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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft was a Dutch dramatist and poet, regarded by many as the most brilliant representative of Dutch Renaissance literature. Hooft’s prose style continued to provide a model into the 19th century.
Background
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft was born on the 16th of March, 1581 in Amsterdam as the son of the then mayor, Cornelis Hooft. His father was one of the leading citizens of Holland, both in politics and in the patronage of letters, and for some time burgomaster of Amsterdam.
Education
Pieter studied law and history at Leiden from 1606 to 1609, and in June of the latter year received from Prince Maurice of Orange the appointment of steward of Muiden, bailiff of Gooiland, and lord of Weesp, a joint office of great emolument.
Career
As early as 1598, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft was made a member of the chamber of rhetoric In Licfde bloeiende, and produced before that body his tragedy of Achilles and Polyxena, not printed until 1614. In June 1598 he left Holland and proceeded to Paris, where on the 10th of April he saw the body of Gabrielle d'Estrees lying in state.
He went a few months later to Venice, Florence and Rome, and in to Naples.
In July 1600 he sent home to the In Liefde bloeiende a very fine letter in verse, expressing his aspirations for the development of Dutch poetry.
He returned through Germany, and after an absence of three years and a half found himself in Amsterdam again on the 8th of May 1601.
In 1602 he brought out his second tragedy, Theseus and Ariadne, printed at Amsterdam in 1614. In 1605 he completed his beautiful pastoral drama Cranida, not published until 1615. He occupied himself with repairing and adorning the decayed castle of Muiden, which was his residence during the remainder of his life.
There he entertained the poet Vondel, the scholar Barlaeus, Constantin Huygens, Yossius, Laurens Reael and others.