In a 1654 tragedy from this country, the title character claims that it is “Better to be the first prince in some lower court / than, within the Blessed Light, to be the second, or even less.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name country whose “Golden Age” includes the play Lucifer. The official national canon of this country features the Statenbijbel, Annie M.G. Schmidt, and Max Havelaar.
ANSWER: The Netherlands [or Holland or Nederland]
[10h] Lucifer is the masterpiece of this Dutch “Prince of Poets,” whose play Gijsbrecht van Aemstel was performed on New Year’s Day in Amsterdam for three centuries. This writer names Amsterdam’s largest park.
ANSWER: Joost van den Vondel [accept Joost van den Vondelpark]
[10m] Gijsbrecht quotes frequently from and mirrors the plot of this author’s best-known work. Vondel’s prose translations of this author may have inspired translations in England that included John Dryden’s landmark translations of this author.
ANSWER: Virgil [or Publius Vergilius Maro]
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