Greene, Robert | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Biography
Dickinson, Thomas H. Introduction to Robert Greene. In Robert Greene, edited with introduction and notes by Thomas H. Dickinson, pp. ix–lxvii. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1909.
Considers four classes of sources for knowledge on Greene's life: records, autobiographical pamphlets and allusions, contemporary references, and legends; contends that Greene "represents the Elizabethan age at its best and its worst"; and explores the dates of creation of Greene's plays.
Criticism
Applegate, James. "The Classical Learning of Robert Greene." Bibliotheque D'Humanisme et Renaissance XXVIII (1966): 354–68.
Asserts that many of Greene's classical allusions were distorted, invented, or misused, and probably insincere.
Cawley, Robert Ralston. "Robert Greene." In his Unpathed Waters: Studies in the Influence of the Voyagers on...
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