Robert Greene (1558–1592) was the author of romances, pamphlets, lyrics, and plays. He was educated at Cambridge and Oxford, and led a remarkably irresponsible and dissolute life. The comedy Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay was probably written and produced around 1589, and was first printed in 1594. Its account of the marvelous exploits of Friar Bacon is drawn from The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon, a sixteenth-century account of the legends surrounding the Oxford Franciscan, Roger Bacon (b. 1214). The play was an important influence both on Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and Shakespeare's The Tempest.

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ISBN
9780803252622
Publisert
1963-09-01
Utgiver
University of Nebraska Press
Vekt
159 gr
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
106

Forfatter
Redaktør

Biografisk notat

Daniel Seltzer was professor of English at Harvard University and at Princeton University, as well as an actor on stage and in films.