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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

  • The Norton Shakespeare: The Essential Plays / The Sonnets

    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...
  • Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Anniversary Edition, Paperback, 2016

    Named One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time

    The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, reissued with a new afterword for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
  • The Norton Shakespeare

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

    Third International Student Edition, Ebook Folder, 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 Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Hardback, 2017

    Stephen Greenblatt—Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Swerve and Will in the World—investigates the life of one of humankind’s greatest stories.
  • Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Hardback, 2018

    World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.
  • The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Tenth Edition, Two Volume Set, Paperback, 2018

    Exceptional selections. Abundant teaching resources. Unparalleled value.
  • The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve: The Story That Created Us

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Paperback, 2018

    “Endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read.” —Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography

    Daring to take the great biblical account of human origins seriously, but without credulity.
  • Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Paperback, 2019

    "Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."—Philip Roth
  • The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Core Selections Ebook

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Tenth Edition, E Book

    An exciting, teachable collection of some of the very best of English literature at an incredible price
  • Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Anniversary Edition, E Book, 2010

    Named One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time

    The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, reissued with a new afterword for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.