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Stephen Greenblatt has the rare ability to write vivid narratives for the general public that rest on firm scholarly foundations. This gift is particularly valuable in his new book, “Dark Renaissance, ...

The new book "Dark Renaissance" is a true story of spies, counterfeiters, betrayal and murder. It's about the short life of the playwright Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare's greatest rival. And the ...

Eager-eyed Stephen Greenblatt, author of the just-published "Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare," is in a hidden-away room in the Folger Shakespeare Library, leaning over a table ...

A ll the best criticism takes the form of conversation, or what the philosopher Stanley Cavell called “a natural extension of conversation.” It’s hard to say anything about anything unless you’ve ...

Stephen Greenblatt, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky about his book Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius o Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, recorded September 11, 2025. Stephen ...

Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt is a wizard of a storyteller, as we see in Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Norton). He takes his prodigious historical research, adds his ...