Questioning not just literary but social, political and cultural assumptions about knowledge and power, Greenblatt’s work has had a huge impact on contemporary theory. Mark Robson discusses ideas specific to…

Shakespeare lived in a world of absolutes - the absolute authority claimed for God over the world, for the holy scriptures over the faithful, monarchs over subjects, fathers over wives…

A responsive, refreshed, and media-rich revision of the best-selling anthology in the field.

A responsive, refreshed, and media-rich revision of the best-selling anthology in the field.

Stephen Greenblatt has been at the center of a major shift in literary interpretation toward a critical method that situates cultural creation in history. Shakespearean Negotiations is a sustained and…

The Clarendon Lectures (Oxford University) and The Carpenter Lectures (University of Chicago) 1988.

This work focuses on five aspects of new historicism: recurrent use of anecdotes, preoccupation with the nature of representations, fascination with the history of the body, sharp focus on neglected…

Shakespeare’s works are viewed in the cultural and historical context of their time. As well as offering insights into Henry IV, Henry V, Twelfth Night, King Lear, and The Tempest…