Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt
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Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt is a didactic emblem book by Dutch poet and moralist Jacob Cats that offers moral lessons and reflections on human life through verse and imagery.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
didactic literature
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emblem book ⓘ moralistic work ⓘ |
| aimsTo | shape readers’ moral outlook ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jacob Cats’ reputation as a moralist ⓘ |
| author | Jacob Cats ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
moralist
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poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early modern Netherlands ⓘ |
| didacticMode | example and admonition ⓘ |
| didacticStrategy |
appealing to both sight and understanding
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combining images and verse ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
everyday human behavior
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family life ⓘ social conduct ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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emblem literature ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
emblems
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explanatory verses ⓘ illustrations ⓘ mottoes ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Dutch moralistic literature
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later emblem books ⓘ |
| hasMoralPerspective | didactic Christian ethics ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
didactic reflection
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moral instruction ⓘ |
| language | Dutch ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Dutch Golden Age literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Christian morality
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moral lessons ⓘ reflections on human life ⓘ transience of earthly life ⓘ virtue and vice ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | exempla and commentary ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Calvinist culture ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general reading public ⓘ |
| uses |
allegorical imagery
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symbolic figures ⓘ |
| workTitleInEnglish | Mirror of the Old and New Time ⓘ |
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