An Analysis of Renaissance Dramatist Thomas Middleton's Use of New Comedy Conventions
FAIN: FT-12952-76
George E. Rowe, Jr
Wichita State University (Wichita, KS 67260-9700)
The study will examine Thomas Middleton's use of inherited dramatic forms and conventions. Middleton's plays conform to classical conventions, but introduce some differences which, in effect, test New Comedy's method of ordering and explaining human existence.