Date of Award
Fall 1950
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Hamm, Victor M.
Second Advisor
Raby, Robert C.
Third Advisor
Archer, Jerone W.
Abstract
One of the perennial problems of interest to students of English literature is the imaginative distance which separates the Renaissance from the Neo-Classical period. This paper attempts, through a study of representative works of the two ages, William Shakespeare's Anthony And Cleopatra and John Dryden's All For Love, to measure that distance. The difference between the creative methods which the two writers employed and which the comparative study of the two plays reveals, together with the disparity in imaginative insight which the difference implies, makes possible a juster evaluation of certain of Dryden's remarks concerning the artistic achievement of Shakespeare. It is this which the present paper ultimately attempts to do.
Recommended Citation
Gavin, Norman J., "Dryden and Shakespeare: A Study in Creative Methods" (1950). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 1469.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/1469