The Affinity in Ideals and Ideas Between Robert Browning and Edmond Rostand

Author

John Berhold Lorenze, Marquette University

Date of Award

6-1926

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Thomas P Whelan

Second Advisor

William M Magee

Abstract

The scope of the following thesis is confined to a comparison and a collation of the ideas and ideals of Robert Browning as expressed in his poems, with those of Edmond Rostand, as expressed in his plays; to point out their similarity and their dissimilarity; to demonstrate the fact that Browning lived in an age of skepticism and was himself free from doubt, while Rostand lived in an age of realism and was himself an idealist; to show, therefore, that both stood outside the influences of their age, in that they held fast to certain optimistic conceptions of life, while their contemporaries repudiated faith and idealism.

Comments

A Thesis Submitted to Fulfill the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Recommended Citation

Lorenze, John Berhold, "The Affinity in Ideals and Ideas Between Robert Browning and Edmond Rostand" (1926). Bachelors’ Theses. 1877.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1877