Trou-ringh

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Trou-ringh is a didactic emblem book by Dutch poet and moralist Jacob Cats that offers moral lessons through allegorical illustrations and verse.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf didactic emblem book
literary work
author Jacob Cats
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creatorOccupation moralist
poet
culturalContext Dutch Calvinist culture
genre didactic literature
emblem book
moral literature
hasInfluenced Dutch moral literature
emblem tradition in the Low Countries
hasPart allegorical illustrations
emblems
moralizing verses
intendedAudience general readership
intendedFunction moral instruction
literaryForm verse
literaryMovement Dutch Golden Age literature
mainTheme Christian morality
love
marriage
moral lessons
proper conduct
virtue
narrativeTechnique allegory
originalLanguage Dutch
usesLiteraryDevice didactic verse
emblematic imagery
workOf Jacob Cats

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Jacob Cats
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