Date of Award
Spring 1960
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
Abstract
It ia a generally accepted fact among critics that George Crabbe was a realist. It will be the purpose of this paper to examine this conclusion for its validity. More exactly, I shall compare the poetry of Crabbe with the historical records of his era and measure how closely Crabbe came to reproducing, realistically, his own times. The paper is really a study of Crabbe's realism as reflected in his poetry with a view toward questioning the verdict of the critics.
In this work I have attempted to dispel several misconceived notions about Crabbe's poetry, but the general conclusions will not cast any revolutionary new light on it. In this study of Crabbe's realism the answers to many questions are not always explicit; some I have left to the observation's of the reader.
Recommended Citation
Garman, Gerald Meredith, "Actuality and realism in the poetry of George Crabbe" (1960). Master's Theses. 156.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/156