Stephen Greenblatt

Born

in Boston, The United States

November 07, 1943

Genre

Stephen Greenblatt (Ph.D. Yale) is Cogan University Professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University. Also General Editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Eighth Edition, he is the author of nine books, including Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare; Hamlet in Purgatory; Practicing New Historicism; Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World; Learning to Curse: Essays in Early Modern Culture; and The Swerve: How the World Became Modern. He has edited six collections of criticism, is the co-author (with Charles Mee) of a play, Cardenio, and is a founding coeditor of the journal Representations. He honors include the MLA's James Russell Lowell Prize, for Shakespearean Negoti ...more

Combine Editions
Stephen Greenblatt’s books

Average rating: 3.97 · 50,313 ratings · 4,025 reviews · 87 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Swerve: How the World Became Modern 3.84 avg rating — 22,635 ratings — published 2011 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare 3.93 avg rating — 7,064 ratings — published 2004 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve 3.90 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2017 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare 4.10 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics 4.23 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hamlet in Purgatory 3.95 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World 3.73 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shakespearean Negotiations: The Circulation of Social Energy in Renaissance England 3.99 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century by M.H. Abrams (Founding Editor), Stephen Greenblatt (editor) , James Simpson (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 3,158 ratings — published 1962 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shakespeare's Freedom 3.81 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Stephen Greenblatt…

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Quotes by Stephen Greenblatt

“I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.”
― Stephen Greenblatt

1238 likes

“The greatest obstacle to pleasure is not pain; it is delusion.”
― Stephen Greenblatt, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

44 likes

“Poems are difficult to silence.”
― Stephen Greenblatt

tags: censorship, poems, poetry, silence, suppression

26 likes

See all Stephen Greenblatt's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Mid-Continent Pub...: Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Books 2011	5	18	Nov 17, 2011 09:03AM
The History Book ...: GLOSSARY - BYZANTIUM (SPOILER THREAD)	45	99	Feb 22, 2012 08:21PM
The Seasonal Read...: Winter Challenge 2011: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC	2895	711	Feb 29, 2012 09:03PM
Book Nook Cafe: What I read May 2012	55	67	Jul 02, 2012 06:04AM
Book Nook Cafe: What I read June 2012	85	63	Jul 10, 2012 06:38PM
Pick-a-Shelf: 2012-08 - Ancient History - Post August Reviews here	15	38	Aug 30, 2012 09:35PM
The History Book ...: BECKY'S 50 BOOKS READ IN 2012	105	175	Dec 17, 2012 09:00AM
Book Nook Cafe: favorite quotes - Thread #2 -	329	117	Dec 31, 2012 08:35AM
The History Book ...: CRAIG'S 50 BOOKS READ IN 2012	93	230	Jan 01, 2013 07:41AM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Stephen to Goodreads.