Isaac da Costa

Isaäc da Costa ( born January 14, 1798 in Amsterdam, † April 28, 1860 ) was a Dutch poet and writer - he was a leading figure in the conservative- Calvinist group " Reveil movement".

Life

Isaäc da Costa was the son of a respected and wealthy, originating from Portugal, expelled by the Inquisition Sephardi merchant and banking family. His first poetic experiments drew the attention of the poet Willem Bilderdijk ( "Father of the Reveil ," a revivalist movement ) on it, which has since his further education supervised and soon in friendly intercourse occurred with him. Since 1817, Costa went to complete his studies in Leiden, while also Bilderdijk moved. After 1818, he graduated as Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Philosophy 1821, he settled in 1822, together with Abraham Capadose, a relative and friend from university baptized. Baptism takes place under the influence Bilderdijks, but who had never pushed to their conversion. Both friends have exercised a significant Jewish Christians of modern times in the Dutch orthodoxy ( Calvinism ) a big impact.

Soon Isaäc had since acquired Costa as a poet such a respected name, that he was generally referred to by Bilderdijks Death ( 1831) as his successor in the rank of the first Dutch poet. His swan song " De slag by Nieupoort " among the best of what he has written.

In addition, Da Costa also tried to historical and the theological field, for example, "Israel en de Volken " (1849 ). His writings have been several times reprinted; the poetic work appeared collected in three parts ( Haarlem 1861-62 ).

Works

  • Lof the densely Art ( 1813)
  • De verlossing van Nederland ( 1814)
  • Alphonsus de Eerste (1818 )
  • Bezwaren tegen the geest the eeuw (1823 ) - In this essay, written in 1823, just 25 years old, he turned against the encyclopedist, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, Kant, Robert Owen and Lord Byron.
  • De Sadduceën (1824 )
  • Geestelijke wapenkreet (1825 )
  • Dichterlijke krijgsmuziek (1826 )
  • God met on ( 1826)
  • Feestliederen (1828 )
  • Kerst -en nieuwjaarsintreezangen (1829 )
  • Mr. Willem van Brieven Bilderdijk, Inleiding IV (1837 )
  • Vijf en jaren Twintig. Een song in 1840 (1840)
  • Aan Nederland in de lente van 1844 (1844)
  • Pliers uit verscheidenen Leeftijd (1847 )
  • 1648 en 1848. Dichtstuk (1848 )
  • Lijden s Heerlijkheid (1848 )
  • Zit aan mijne right hand (1848 )
  • Israël en de Volken, overzigt een van de geschiedenis the joden dead op onzen tijd (1848-1849)
  • Bijbelsche vrouwen (1848-1852)
  • De chaos en het light ( 1850)
  • Politieke poëzy (1854 )
  • Hesperides (1855 )
  • De tightly stations Bilderdijk van (1856-1859)
  • De human en dense Bilderdijk W. (1859 )
  • Tien bladzijden uit de geschiedenis van Neerlands roem s grootheid (1860 )
  • Poëzy (2 dln. , 1821-1822 )

Secondary literature

  • Ulrich Gaebler: "Resurrection Time." Revivalist of the 19th century. Six portraits. C. H. Beck Verlag, Munich, 1991. ISBN 3406351573
  • Ulrich Gaebler: For theological content of Isaac da Costa's " defenses against the spirit of the times ". In: Ulrich Gaebler, Peter Schram (ed.): revival at the beginning of the 19th century. Papers of a conference at the Free University of Amsterdam, 26th - 29th March 1985. Free University of Amsterdam in 1986.
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