The Honourable Historie of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay - Softcover

Greene, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849020752 ISBN 13: 9781849020756

Publisher: Benediction Classics, 2010

Synopsis

Robert Greene (also wrote as R. G.) (1558-1592) was an English author and well-known personality. He became perhaps the first professional author in England, publishing autobiography, plays, romances, and in other genres while capitalizing on a scandalous reputation. By 1583 Greene had begun his literary career with the publication of a long romance, Mamillia. He continued to produce romances written in a highly wrought style, reaching his highest level in Pandosto (1588) and Menaphon (1589). Short poems and songs incorporated in some of the romances gave him high rank as a lyrical poet. By rapid production of such works Greene became one of the first authors in England to support himself with his pen. In his notorious Coney-Catching pamphlets, Greene fashioned himself into a well-known public figure. In addition to prose romances, he composed numerous moral dialoguess, and even some scientific writings. Amongst his other works are A Notable Discovery of Coosnage (1591), Greene’s Groats-Worth of Wit (1592), The Second and Last Part of Conny-Catching (1592), The Thirde and Last Part of Conny-Catching (1592) and The Honourable Historie of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1594).

About this title

About the Author:

ROBERT GREENE is a self-described history nut with a degree in classical studies. He has worked in New York as an editor and writer at several magazines including "Esquire" and in Hollywood as a story developer and writer. He is also the author of "The Art of Seduction" and lives in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Benediction Classics
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849020752
• ISBN 13: 9781849020756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108