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Mariken (other)
Mariken is a medieval Dutch name (Modern Dutch ''Marijke''), and may refer to: *''Mariken van Nieumeghen ''Mariken van Nieumeghen'' ''(Mary of Nijmegen)'' is a miracle play recorded in a Middle Dutch text from the early 16th century. The protagonist Mariken of the story spends seven years with the devil, after which she is miraculously released. T ...'', a medieval Dutch prose text and its protagonist * ''Mariken van Nieumeghen'' (1974 film) * ''Mariken'' (2000 film) {{Disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariken Van Nieumeghen
''Mariken van Nieumeghen'' ''(Mary of Nijmegen)'' is a miracle play recorded in a Middle Dutch text from the early 16th century. The protagonist Mariken of the story spends seven years with the devil, after which she is miraculously released. The oldest edition dates from 1515 and was printed by Willem Vorsterman. Linguistic evidence suggests it was written by a poet from an Antwerp chamber of rhetoric. Themes and genre Like the fourteenth-century '' Beatrijs'', the story involves a beautiful young woman who is seduced, but unlike that poem ''Mariken'' has a lively, "Burgundian" style in often lower-class language, as opposed to the courtly elegance of the ''Beatrijs''. Though the story is often called a miracle play, Dirk Coigneau, in his 2002 edition, argues that the story was not intended as a drama; he likens its organization (the text is separated into sections where verse dialogues are preceded by prose introductions) to that of a prose novel. History The earliest know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
