Author(s): Frederik Van Eeden
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 98
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-03-06
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 6mm
Publication City/Country:
Edition:
Illustrations: 6 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white

Excerpt from Ysbrand: A Tragicomedy For the past ten years or more, many American readers have been familiar with the name of Van Eeden. They have known that he was one of the most prominent living men of letters in Holland; and some of them have been aware that he was eminent as a pioneer in psycho-therapeutics, and in various practical enterprises in the field of social reform. As a literary artist, Doctor Van Eeden has produced poems, novels and dramas; but up to the present time few if any of his works have had any considerable circulation in this country, in English translation. As a playwright, the presentation of Ysbrand' is his first introduction to an English-speaking audience. In April, 1909, Doctor Van Eeden was a guest of The University of Kansas for about a week, giving a series of lectures, partly upon literary, partly upon social subjects. At that time or soon after, arrangements were made with him for the production of Ysbrand by students of the University. In November of the same year he made a second brief visit to the University, for the express purpose of giving some personal directions to the committees in charge and to the members of the cast, regarding the performance of the play. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.