Lennep, Jacob van
Lennep, Jacob van
(yä`kōp vän lĕn`ĕp), 1802–68, Dutch writer. He was state's attorney (1852) and served in the legislature (1853–56). He is best known for his historical novels influenced by Walter ScottScott, Sir Walter,1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of both the regional and the historical novel. Early Life and Works
After an apprenticeship in his father's law office Scott was admitted (1792) to the bar.
..... Click the link for more information. , which include The Adopted Son (1833, tr. 1844) and The Rose of Dekama (1836, tr. 1847). He also wrote verse; translated Byron, Tennyson, and others; and wrote on Vondel, whose works he edited.
Lennep, Jacob Van
Born Mar. 24, 1802, in Amsterdam; died Aug. 25, 1868, in Oosterbeek. Dutch writer. Son of the philologist D. J. van Lennep.
Lennep was a lawyer. In 1833 he published the historical novel The Adopted Son, which was written in the spirit of W. Scott. Other historical novels of Lennep were also imitative, including The Rose of Dekama (1836; Russian translation, 1841); Ferdinand Huyck (1840), about a Dutch adventurer of the 18th century; and Elizabeth Musch (1850–51), on the life of the 17th-century statesman J. De Witt. Lennep’s capacity for realistic observation is apparent in the novel The Adventures of Klaasje Zevenster (1866), which is about the fate of a foundling girl; in this novel the author uses the techniques of the picaresque novel. Lennep also wrote short stories and plays. He is the author of the philological investigation The Seaman’s Dictionary (1856).
WORKS
Romantische werken, vols. 1–23. Rotterdam, 1856–72.REFERENCES
Busken-Huet, K. Litterarische fantasien en kritieken, vols. 1–25. Haarlem [1876–88].Lennep, M. F. van. Het leven van Mr. Jacob van Lennep, vols. 1–2. Amsterdam, 1909. (Includes a bibliography.)