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The University Wits, on leaving their universities faced the Elizabethan problem discussed by Francis Bacon in his essay, "Of Seditions and Troubles" — schools were producing more scholars than there were opportunities. The University Wits found employment in theatre, not their first choice, but there was little else for them.
After completing her PhD, Hofmeyr remained at Wits, serving as a senior lecturer in African Literature between 1992 and 1993. In 1994, she was promoted to professor in the department. [ 2 ] She has remained in that position until her retirement; she is currently professor emeritus at Wits, where she is based at the Wits Institute for Social and ...
This category contains late 16th century English playwrights commonly seen by scholars as belonging to the group known as the University Wits, most having been educated at the English universities (Oxford and Cambridge).
Robert Greene (1558–1592) was an English author popular in his day, and now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, Greene's Groats-Worth of Witte, bought with a million of Repentance, widely believed to contain an attack on William Shakespeare.
Writers to have studied at the university include the Elizabethan dramatist Christopher Marlowe, his fellow University Wits, Thomas Nashe, and Robert Greene, arguably the first professional authors in England, and John Fletcher who collaborated with Shakespeare on The Two Noble Kinsmen, Henry VIII, and the lost Cardenio and succeeded him as ...
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned in a recent advisory about alcohol use increasing cancer risk. The advisory notes that alcohol can increase the risk of throat, liver, esophageal ...
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court has halted enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporate entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners ...
Shakespeare was inspired to write As You Like It by Lodge's work Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacy, Found After His Death In His Cell At Silexedra. During the Canaries expedition (circa 1586), [19] to beguile the tedium of his voyage, he composed his prose tale of Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacy, Found After His Death In His Cell At Silexedra, (1590).