2. Robert Greene was born july , 1560 in
Norwich.
He died september 3 , 1592 in London.
He majored from both Oxford and Cambridge
universities.
3. He travelled to France ,Spain and Italy between
1578 and 1580 to study and examine.
After getting back to England. He worked hard
and succeeded to make successful works one
after another.
4. He was an English author popular in his day, and now
best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to
him.
Greene published in many genres including romances,
plays and autobiography.
Greene is one of the first professional writer, and the
first autobiography writer in the english literature.
5. He wrote prolifically;
from 1583 to 1592 he
published more than
twenty-five works in
prose, becoming one
of the first authors in
England to support
himself with his pen
in an age when
professional
authorship was
virtually unknown
6. Greene's literary career began with the
publication of a long romance, Mamillia,
entered in the Stationers' Register on 3
October 1580.[1]Greene's romances were
written in a highly wrought style which
reached its highest level in Pandosto (1588)
and Menaphon (1589).[20]
7. Mamillia: A Mirror or Looking-glass for the Ladies of England (1583),
dedicated to Lord Darcy of the North
Mamillia: The Second Part of the Triumph of Pallas (1593), dedicated to
Robert Lee and Roger Portington
The Anatomy of Lovers' Flatteries (1584), dedicated to Mary Rogers, wife
to Master Hugh Rogers of Everton[26]
The Myrrour of Modestie (1584), dedicated to Margaret, Countess of
Derby
Arbasto; The Anatomy of Fortune (1584), dedicated to Lady Mary Talbot
Gwydonius; The Card of Fancy (1584), dedicated to Edward de Vere, 17th
Earl of Oxford
The Debate Between Folly and Love (1584), no dedicatee[27]
The Second Part of the Tritameron of Love (1587), no dedicatee
8. A Maiden's Dream (1591), dedicated to Lady Elizabeth Hatton, wife to Sir
William Hatton[30]
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (circa 1590)
The History of Orlando Furioso (circa 1590)
A Looking Glass for London and England (with Thomas Lodge) (circa
1590)
The Scottish History of James the Fourth (circa 1590)
The Comical History of Alphonsus, King of Aragon (circa 1590)