Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1974 - 8/31/1975

Funding Totals

$11,250.00 (approved)
$11,250.00 (awarded)


Poetry of Jacobean Drama

FAIN: FB-12120-74

Coburn Freer
University of Georgia (Athens, GA 30602-0001)

To complete a book-length manuscirpt on the poetry of English drama from roughly 1600 to 1630, focusing on the thesis that the poetry of this drama can clarify or reinforce other elements of meaning in the drama. This project makes a detailed study of 5 Jacobean plays in an attempt to clarify Renaissance attitudes toward dramatic poetry.