Het buitenleven, in vier zangen - Bilderdijk, Willem 1756-1831; Delille, Jacques 1738-1813 (Rotterdam Immerzeel, 1821)
The French poet Jacques Delille (1738-1813), came to national prominence with his translation of Virgil’s Georgics and made an international reputation with his didactic poem on gardening. Two decades later, in 1800, he elaborated his thoughts on the moral worth and self-improvement that involvement with the countryside brings in French georgics of his own, L'Homme des champs, ou les Géorgiques françaises (1800).
Originally published (in French) in 1800, first Dutch edition in 1803
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Poetry; Song; Pastoral; Netherlands