Daniel Heinsius, Auriacus, sive Libertas saucia = (Orange, or Liberty wounded), 1602

Contents ‎Foreword ‎Acknowledgements ‎Abbreviations ‎Introduction ‎1. Life and Work of Daniel Heinsius till 1602 ‎2. Genesis and Printing of Auriacus and Its Performance ‎3. The Political-Historical Context ‎3.1. The Dutch Revolt ‎3.2. The Assassination ‎4. The Literary Context ‎4.1. The Theoretical Model: Scaliger ‎4.2. The Classical Model: Senecan Drama ‎4.3. The Practical Models or Anti-models: Neo-Latin Drama until 1600 and Rhetoricians’ Drama ‎4.4. An Epic Source of Inspiration: Benedicti’s De rebus gestis Guilielmi (1586) ‎5. Summary and Structure ‎6. Characters ‎7. Style ‎8. Metres ‎8.1. Conspectus metrorum ‎9. Reception of Auriacus ‎10. This Edition ‎10.1. Sigla Used ‎Text and Translation ‎Conspectvs siglorvm ‎Preliminary Texts ‎Daniel Heinsius, Auriacus ‎Commentary ‎Appendix I: Paratexts to Auriacus and Texts from the Iambi Added to the Play, and From Heinsius’ Seneca Edition (1601) Relevant for Auriacus ‎Appendix II: Texts Regarding the Reception of Auriacus ‎Index This is the first edition since its original publication of Daniel Heinsius' Latin tragedy Auriacus, sive Libertas saucia (Orange, or Liberty Wounded, 1602), with an introduction, a parallel English translation, and a commentary. Centering on the assassination of William of Orange, one of the leaders of the Dutch Revolt against King Philip II of Spain, Auriacus was Heinsius' history drama, with which he aimed to raise Dutch drama to the level of classical drama. Highly influential, the tragedy contributed to the construction of a national identity in the Low Countries and launched Heinsius' long career as an internationally celebrated poet and professor at Leiden University "This is an edition of the Latin text of Daniel Heinsius' Latin tragedy Auriacus, sive Libertas saucia (Orange, or Liberty Wounded, 1602), with an introduction, a translation and a commentary. Auriacus was Heinsius' history drama, with which he wished to bring Dutch drama to the level of antiquity"-- Provided by publisher