Robert Prechter - Why Did Robert Greene Repent His Former Works?

Various theories propose that Robert Greene, Henry Chettle and/or Thomas Nashe wrote Greenes Groats-worth of Witte (1592). Biographers have proposed that either Robert Greene or the ghost-writer of his book suffered a crisis of conscience that prompted the puritanical religious conversion and the apology for former works declared in the book. In every century since the 1700s, scholars have stated there is “no doubt” that the pamphlet’s complaint about an “upstart Crow…a Shake-scene” refers to William Shakespeare. Evidence contradicts all these ideas.
Two Oxfordians have proposed the name of the true author, and Robert Greene’s dedications confirm his identity. Linguistic markers link the book to Shakespeare’s plays and poems, making Shakespeare the writer, not the subject. Greene’s prefacing material openly declares that the book’s purpose is not self-expression but a literary exercise. A Jacobean writer in 1617 marveled at its artistry.
This talk presented on September 25, 2015, at the SOF Annual Conference in Ashland, Oregon.
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Robert Prechter is Executive Director of the Socionomics Institute, an organization dedicated to understanding the causality of social action. He has co-authored papers for academic journals on financial theory, forecasting election outcomes, and financial-market herding. In 2014, he was a main-session speaker at the annual conference of the Academy of Behavioral Finance and Economics in Los Angeles and the closing speaker at the annual conference of the International Federation of Technical Analysts in London. Prechter has written/edited fifteen books on finance and social-causality theory. His title Conquer the Crash was a New York Times bestseller. His newest book-The Socionomic Theory of Finance-is due for publication in 2016. Since 1979, Prechter has been president of Elliott Wave International, a financial publishing and forecasting firm. For nine years he served on the board of the national Market Technicians Association and in 1990-1 served as its president. He has written a number of articles and papers for Oxfordian journals and newsletters. Since 1998 he has been doing research for a book in this field. Prechter is a graduate of Yale University.

[@CulinarySpy]

That was the most impressive evidence-based work I've seen on the topic of Robert Greene and his writings. Robert Prechter thinks like a scientist, very astute in how he approaches the whole authorship question. Thanks to all involved in presenting this here!

[@duncanmckeown1292]

Brilliant, and very convincing! Oxford doing his own play-acting. BTW Thomas Nashe's works are also overflowing with quotations from Ovid...one of Prechter's other "Oxford Voices" I believe!

[@alpw1234]

Very interesting.

[@benc8834]

I for one find Roberts presentations on this subject fascinating and enthralling. The hands and the clasps are maybe reaching a little, but when you think of the small population of that London, the dearth of prototypes available for artists to copy, and the similarity of the hand placement then I think it worth pointing out that the Ashbourne had been painted by then. That painting was likely at least available to those in Oxfords circle. Bravo

[@RalphEllis]

Green - taken from the Norman French ver(t) and the Latin verdis meaning ‘green’. From which we derive verdant (green), verdigris (green oxidation) and many others. It also means ‘unripe’, derived from unripe fruits being green. So were these earlier ‘inexperienced’ works of Edward de Vere? R

[@CulinarySpy]

Indeed. It turns out de Vere seems to have produced many earlier works under various other names, not just as 'Robert Greene', going back as far as the early 1560s at the age of 10 or 11 ... very unripe!

[@floatingholmes]

HUGE Stratfordians: Greene is foundational to Shakespeare. Evidence: Greene is Oxford Oxford is foundational to Shakespeare Oxford IS Shakespeare. QED

[@rstritmatter]

Many books of the time had clasps and corner-plates. Also, the element in the center of the Green book is not a star. It is a lozenge. This part of the video, at least, is extremely weak.

[@Meine.Postma]

Comparing the picture of Robert Greene to the painting of supposed Oxford is all wishful thinking. The book looks nothing like the bible and the hands indeed both look like hands but that is because they are supposed to be hands