Robert Greene (writer, 1558)
Robert Greene (born July 8, 1558 in Norwich , † September 3, 1592 in London ) was an English writer .
Little is known about Greene's childhood and youth. He studied the arts (artes) at the Universities of Cambridge (1575 bachelor ) and Oxford ( master of arts ). After successfully completing his studies, he embarked on an extensive cavalier tour in which he toured France , Italy and Switzerland .
In 1585 he married, but left his wife in favor of a free life as a writer in London. Robert Greene died on September 3, 1592 in London at the age of 34. Notorious for his dissolute and unrestrained life, according to the words of his fellow writer Gabriel Harvey, he suffocated while drunk on a herring at dinner .
Although Greene's literary work was repeatedly reissued or staged, only his Pandosto (1588) actually survived. This work served William Shakespeare as a template for his winter fairy tale . He made a living from writing and wrote numerous pamphlets and books in the hope of meeting the public's interest, such as a treatise on cardsharps ( The art of conny-catching 1591, 1592), five plays and a history book, The Scottish History of James IV.
His bitter mockery of the unacademic upstart Shakespeare in A groatworth of wit (1592) ( an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers ) is one of the few mentions of Shakespeare by contemporaries and is often cited as evidence that Shakespeare began back then To shake the theater scene .
Works
- Alphonsus (1587)
- Arbasto (1584)
- Conny-catching tracts (1591)
- Farewell to folly (1591)
- Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1590) (play)
- A groatsworth of wit bought with a million of repentance (1592)
- Gwydonius (1584)
- It's never too late to mend (1590)
- James IV (around 1591)
- Mamilia (1583)
- Menaphone (1589)
- Mirror of modesty (1584)
- Orlando furioso (around 1591)
- Pandosto or Dorastus and Fawnia (1588)
- Perimedes (1589)
- A quip for an upstart courtier (1592)
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Greene in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert Greene in nndb (English)
- Short biography and poems like "Sephestias Lullaby"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greene, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1558 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwich |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1592 |
| Place of death | London |