Theodore Haak, F.R.S. (1605-1690): The First German Translator of Paradise Lost

by Pamela R. Barnett

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783112308097
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	12/31/1962
Series:	Anglica germanica , #3
Edition description:	Reprint 2020
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Frontmatter — Contents — Introduction — I. Haak's early life and first translation work — II. The second visit to England — III. Holland and early introduction to the Ideas of the future Comenian group — IV. The "Pansophic" activities of 1639-41 and the first correspondence with Mersenne — V. Haak's diplomatic mission to Denmark (1643-1644) — VI. London, 1645: Important new activities — VII. Correspondence work for Karl Ludwig and for the English Parliament — VIII. Haak and Pell's mission to Switzerland — IX. Completion and publication of the Dutch Bible translation 1657 — X. "1645" Group to Royal Society — XI. Haak's activities as Fellow of the Royal Society in the years 1661-68 — XII. Glimpses into Haak's private life during the period 1668-77 — XIII. The last fifteen years — XIV. The subsequent history of the manuscript Verlustigtes Paradeiss and Berge's printed version — XV. A critical discussion of Das Verlustigte Paradeiss — Appendix 1. Family tree — Appendix 2. Theodore Haak's published and unpublished works — Appendix 3. Das Verlustigte Paradeiss — Bibliography — Index