University Studies 



Vol. XIV OCTOBER 1914 No. 4 



I.— ON DRYDEN'S RELATION TO GERMANY IN THE 

 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 



BY MILTON D. BAUMGARTNER 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1-2 



Chapter I. Satires 3-30 



1. Mac Flecknoe. 



A. Translated and Imitated by Christian Wernicke in 



Hans Sachs. 



a. Hunold's connection with Hans Sachs. 



b. Bodmer's connection with Hans Sachs. 



c. Ramler's connection with Hans Sachs. 



B. Criticism of Mac Flecknoe and Hans Sachs. 



2. Other Satires of Dryden in Germany. 



3. Essay on the Origin and Progress of the Satire Translated. 

 Chapter II. Essay on Dramatic Poesie 30-44 



1. Early Noted by German Critics. 



2. Its relation to Lessing and his Seventeenth Literaturbrief. 



3. German Criticism of the Essay after Lessing's Translation. 

 Chapter III. The Drama 44-57 



1. The Four Plays Translated in Germany. 



A. The Spanish Friar. 



B. The State of Innocence (Three Translations). 



C. Oedipus. 



D. All for Love (Two Translations). 



2. The Tempest or the Enchanted Island a Source for 



Bodmer's Noah. 



Chapter IV. The Fables and Poetic-Classical Translations 58-64 



Chapter V. The Lyrics , 64-86 



I. Dryden's Fame as a Lyricist in England due largely to 

 Alexander's Feast. 

 A. Musical Compositions a Potent Factor in Perpetuat- 

 ing Alexander's Feast. 

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