Abstract
ABSTRACTIn an article of 1939, the historian J D M Cornelissen suggested that Vondel's drama Faeton (1663) might refer, at least in part, to political events of the time. Cornelissen's argument received little or no support. In this article Faeton, as text, is reviewed in the light of contemporary political polemic of the 1650's and 1660's as found in books, pamphlets and verse. The author contends that whatever Vondel's ultimate dramatic intention, the play as text could certainly be experienced by its readers as a contribution to the debate on the past role of the stadholderate, in the person of William II, and the future position of the young Prince of Orange.
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