Creighton University
The Classic Ideals in Gorboduc: A Study in the Aristotelian Principles that Seneca Gave to the First English Tragedy
Abstract
dc:description.abstract"One cannot understand Elizabethan drama without grasping the spirit of the Renaissance." Such a statement gives at least some authority to the manner of' presentation that has been adopted with this study of' the first Elizabethan tragedy, Gorboduc. It is always with hesitation, apology, and strained explanation that one proceeds on a work of social and biographical criticism. "For what matters," a student of objective criticism would say, "is what the poet says." But with drama this is all too naive. The dramatist must do more than satisfy his poetic personality. To be heard he must please an audience of living people, submit the medium of his work to human actors and the conventions and tastes or the stage of his day.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- Creighton University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1949
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Robinson, James E.
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Charvat, Charles C.
Rights
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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
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/10504/92703
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/92703