A Play of Three Suitors
A Neglected Middle Dutch Version of the “Entrapped Suitors” Story (ATU 1730)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8933826 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Parson (0000-0001-9870-1347, corresponding author), Bas Jongenelen |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-70 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00155870701806209 |
| OpenAlex | W1514350528 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The wide diffusion of the "Entrapped Suitors" story-type has often been observed: examples are found in a remarkable number of literatures, ranging from English, French and Greek in the West, to Persian, Arabic and Kashmiri in the East. However, a text of this type that is often overlooked is the Middle Dutch play Een Speel Van Drie Minners ("A Play of Three Suitors"). This is despite the fact that it represents a highly idiosyncratic variation on the story, as it replaces the central moral with something more scabrous. We offer here a comprehensive discussion of this singular text and its narrative form, with an English verse-translation appended
Ancient history · Art · Literature · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · Historical Legal Studies and Society · History · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |