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Stephen Greenblatt

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Stephen Greenblatt

Stephen Jay Greenblatt is an American literary historian and author. He has served as the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University since 2000. Greenblatt is the general editor of The Norton Shakespeare (2015) and the general editor and a contributor to The Norton Anthology of English Literature.

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Books19

Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival

Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival

2025
Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud

Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud

2024

with Adam Phillips

Der Tyrann: Shakespeares Machtkunde fur das 21. Jahrhundert

Der Tyrann: Shakespeares Machtkunde fur das 21. Jahrhundert

2018
Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

2018
The rise and fall of Adam and Eve

The rise and fall of Adam and Eve

2017
Hamlet in Purgatory

Hamlet in Purgatory

2013
Cultural Mobility: A Manifesto

Cultural Mobility: A Manifesto

2009
The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition

The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition

2008
Will in the World : How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Will in the World : How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

2004
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

2004
Practicing New Historicism

Practicing New Historicism

2000

with Catherine Gallagher

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

1997
Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World

Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World

1991
Learning to Curse: Essays in Early Modern Culture

Learning to Curse: Essays in Early Modern Culture

1990
Shakespearean Negotiations

Shakespearean Negotiations

1988
Representing the English Renaissance

Representing the English Renaissance

1988
Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare

Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare

1981
Religio Medici / Urne-Buriall

Religio Medici / Urne-Buriall

1643

with Thomas Browne and Ramie Targoff

Tragedies

Tragedies

1623

Collections9

The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Romantic Period Vol D

The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Romantic Period Vol D

The Norton anthology of English literature. Volume B, The sixteenth century and the early seventeenth century

The Norton anthology of English literature. Volume B, The sixteenth century and the early seventeenth century

2018
Norton Anthology Of English Literature: Media Companion

Norton Anthology Of English Literature: Media Companion

2000
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages

The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages

1999

with M.H. Abrams

The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

1999
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume A: The Middle Ages

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume A: The Middle Ages

1999
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors

The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors

1962
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century

1962

with M.H. Abrams

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol 1: The Middle Ages through the Restoration & the Eighteenth Century

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol 1: The Middle Ages through the Restoration & the Eighteenth Century

1962