Date of Award

5-1930

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Thomas P. Whelan

Second Advisor

William J. Grace

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to discover what part George Lillo played in the evolution of the English domestic tragedy, to estimate the artistic worth of this tragic type, and its relations to the social and moral ideas of the time. Allardyce Nicoll's books have been most helpful, especially the following: "A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama", "An Introduction to Dramatic Theory", "British Drama", "A History of Late Eighteenth Century Drama", "The Development of the Theater", and "Readings from British Drama". I have read, analyzed, and scrutinized "The London Merchant", or "George Barnwell", "Fatal Curiosity", and "Arden of Feversham". These are the purely domestic tragedies of George Lillo. "The London Merchant" is especially important in that it is the first of its kind to be written about anyone as commonplace as an apprentice and in the language of such.

Comments

A thesis submitted partially to fulfill the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, College of Liberal Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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