Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit

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Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit is a 1592 pamphlet by Robert Greene, best known for its moral tales and an early, possibly envious reference to the rising playwright William Shakespeare.

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instanceOf Elizabethan literature work ⓘ
pamphlet ⓘ
associatedWith University Wits ⓘ
author Robert Greene ⓘ
circulation London pamphlet market ⓘ
contains autobiographical elements attributed to Robert Greene ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticizes non-university playwrights rising in the theatre ⓘ
university-educated playwrights ⓘ
famousLine beautified with our feathers ⓘ
upstart crow ⓘ
firstPublishedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
form prose narrative with epistle ⓘ
genre moral tale ⓘ
prose pamphlet ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Greene's Groatsworth of Wit, bought with a Million of Repentance ⓘ
historicalContext London plague closures of theatres in early 1590s ⓘ
influenced Shakespeare authorship debates ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm didactic prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
medium print ⓘ
mentions Christopher Marlowe ⓘ
George Peele ⓘ
Thomas Nashe ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
moralMessage warning against vice and prodigality ⓘ
notableFor attack on contemporary playwrights ⓘ
early reference to William Shakespeare ⓘ
moralizing tone ⓘ
portrays William Shakespeare as an upstart crow ⓘ
posthumous true ⓘ
publicationYear 1592 ⓘ
publisher Henry Chettle ⓘ
scholarlyDebate authenticity of Greene's authorship of all parts ⓘ
identification of the upstart crow with William Shakespeare ⓘ
structure fictional letter of warning ⓘ
subjectMatter London literary and theatrical circles ⓘ
targetAudience fellow playwrights and gentlemen ⓘ
theme dangers of the theatrical profession ⓘ
moral warning to playwrights ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
usedAsEvidenceIn studies of Shakespeare's early career ⓘ
workOf Robert Greene ⓘ

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Robert Greene → notableWork → Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit ⓘ
Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit → hasAlternativeTitle → Greene's Groatsworth of Wit, bought with a Million of Repentance ⓘ
linked to: Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit