A Translation of Den Spyeghel Der Salicheyt Van Elckerlijc and a Study of its Relationship to Everyman

Although Everyman has long been conceded to be the best of the English moralities, very little is known of its origin. A number of English-speaking medieval scholars do state that it was derived from the Dutch morality Elckerlijc, but very little—nothing in the United States so far as I can determine—has been done to ascertain that alleged derivation. In spite of the fact that little has been said in either England or America regarding the Everyman-Elckerlijc question, it has been a topic of lively discussion in Belgium and the Netherlands for some seventy years. Having become interested in the subject, I have therefore taken it upon myself to investigate the possibilities that have been advanced for Everyman1s being a translation of the Flemish play. Although I am in no position to make a definite conclusion, I feel that the arguments which I found point strongly to Elckerlijc as being the original.

Grantor dc:publisher

Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

1960

Author dc:creator

• De Smet, Imogene L.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Waters, Leonard A. S.J.

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• A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/109023

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/109023