Description: An influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton's Paradise Lost. An angel returns from Eden, his wings singed by the beauty of Adam and Eve's world, longing for the pleasures of their flesh.
Brief description: Noel Clark was born in London and studied at Queen's College, Oxford. He has worked for the BBC as a foreign correspondent and then as a freelance literary translator - mostly of classic plays in verse - from Polish, French, Dutch and German. His translations include the works of Fredro, Wyspianski, Vondel, Kleist, Lessing, Corneille, Moliere, and many others.
Review Quotes: "Noel Clark...almost persuades you Vondel could out-Milton Milton." --Guardian