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Stephen Greenblatt

Stephen Greenblatt, PhD, is Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University and general editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature. He is author of the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning The Swerve.

Stephen Greenblatt

Stephen Greenblatt, PhD, is Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University and general editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature. He is author of the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning The Swerve.

Awards

Shortlisted — Pulitzer Prize, 2005

Shortlisted — National Book Critics Circle Award, 2004

Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2018

Shortlisted — National Book Critics Circle Award, 2018

Books by Stephen Greenblatt

  • Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Hardback, 2004

    "So engrossing, clearheaded, and lucid that its arrival is not just welcome but cause for celebration."—Dan Cryer, Newsday
  • The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Paperback, 2012

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction • Winner of the National Book Award • New York Times Bestseller

    Renowned scholar Stephen Greenblatt brings the past to vivid life in what is at once a...
  • The Norton Shakespeare

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Suzanne Gossett, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, Gordon McMullan

    Third Edition, One Volume, Paperback, 2015

    In both an enhanced digital edition—the first edited specifically for undergraduates—and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed...
  • The Norton Shakespeare

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Suzanne Gossett, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, Gordon McMullan

    Third Edition, 1, Paperback, 2015

    Both an enhanced digital edition—the first edited specifically for undergraduates—and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed...
  • The Norton Shakespeare

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Suzanne Gossett, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, Gordon McMullan

    Third Edition, 2, Paperback, 2015

    Both an enhanced digital edition—the first edited specifically for undergraduates—and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed...
  • The Norton Shakespeare: Histories

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Suzanne Gossett, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, Gordon McMullan

    Third Edition, Paperback, 2015

    Both an enhanced digital edition—the first edited specifically for undergraduates—and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed...
  • The Norton Shakespeare: Tragedies

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Suzanne Gossett, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, Gordon McMullan

    Third Edition, Paperback, 2015

    Both an enhanced digital edition—the first edited specifically for undergraduates—and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed...
  • The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Suzanne Gossett, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, Gordon McMullan

    Third Edition, Paperback, 2015

    Both an enhanced digital edition—the first edited specifically for undergraduates—and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed...
  • The Norton Shakespeare: Romances and Poems

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Suzanne Gossett, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, Gordon McMullan

    Third Edition, Paperback, 2015

    Both an enhanced digital edition—the first edited specifically for undergraduates—and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed...
  • The Norton Shakespeare

    Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, Gordon McMullan, Suzanne Gossett

    Third International Student Edition, Paperback, 2015

    In both an enhanced digital edition—the first edited specifically for undergraduates—and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed...