CHRISTOPHER JOBY is Professor in Dutch Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, and Visiting Scholar at the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. His research focusses on the intersection of the Dutch language and culture and other languages and cultures in a historical context.

Joby's painstaking study of Cruso combines archival detective work with careful close reading of poetry and prose. It succeeds in showing the interest of an otherwise minor figure for thinking about hybrid identities and multilingual cultural production in early modern England.

• Prologue1. Intrat John Cruso 2. John Cruso's school days3. John Cruso's early adult life4. Cruso's elegy to Simeon Ruytinck (1622)5. Cruso the English poet6. 1632 - Cruso's annus mirabilis7. Cruso the translator8. Cruso's 1642 Dutch verses: praise and lamentation9. Cruso and the English Civil Wars10.Cruso the Epigrammatist11. Cruso's final yearsEpilogueAppendix 1: Poems by John CrusoAppendix 2: Liminary verses in John Cruso's English publications

CHRISTOPHER JOBY is Professor in Dutch Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, and Visiting Scholar at the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. His research focusses on the intersection of the Dutch language and culture and other languages and cultures in a historical context.

Joby's painstaking study of Cruso combines archival detective work with careful close reading of poetry and prose. It succeeds in showing the interest of an otherwise minor figure for thinking about hybrid identities and multilingual cultural production in early modern England.

• Prologue1. Intrat John Cruso 2. John Cruso's school days3. John Cruso's early adult life4. Cruso's elegy to Simeon Ruytinck (1622)5. Cruso the English poet6. 1632 - Cruso's annus mirabilis7. Cruso the translator8. Cruso's 1642 Dutch verses: praise and lamentation9. Cruso and the English Civil Wars10.Cruso the Epigrammatist11. Cruso's final yearsEpilogueAppendix 1: Poems by John CrusoAppendix 2: Liminary verses in John Cruso's English publications

CHRISTOPHER JOBY is Professor in Dutch Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, and Visiting Scholar at the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. His research focusses on the intersection of the Dutch language and culture and other languages and cultures in a historical context.

Joby's painstaking study of Cruso combines archival detective work with careful close reading of poetry and prose. It succeeds in showing the interest of an otherwise minor figure for thinking about hybrid identities and multilingual cultural production in early modern England.

• Prologue1. Intrat John Cruso 2. John Cruso's school days3. John Cruso's early adult life4. Cruso's elegy to Simeon Ruytinck (1622)5. Cruso the English poet6. 1632 - Cruso's annus mirabilis7. Cruso the translator8. Cruso's 1642 Dutch verses: praise and lamentation9. Cruso and the English Civil Wars10.Cruso the Epigrammatist11. Cruso's final yearsEpilogueAppendix 1: Poems by John CrusoAppendix 2: Liminary verses in John Cruso's English publications