What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being in touch with this lost world while holding onto what draws readers and audiences there in the first place. Stephen Greenblatt audiencedrawhold Change image and share on social
I've been at this for 40 years. And, as an academic, I've been content with relatively small audiences, with the thought that the audience I long for will find its way eventually to what I have written, provided that what I have written is good enough. Stephen Greenblatt academicaudiencecontent share on social
The Shakespeare that Shakespeare became is the name that's attached to these astonishing objects that he left behind. Stephen Greenblatt astonishattachleave Change image and share on social
No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered. Stephen Greenblatt clutterdeskritual Change image and share on social
First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment he actually wrote something for the stage, and he remains so. Stephen Greenblatt interestmomentpleasure Change image and share on social
But if Shakespeare himself is maybe about meaning and truth, I don't know, then he is certainly about pleasure and interest, we start with pleasure and interest, but maybe eventually it gets to meaning and truth. Stephen Greenblatt eventuallyinterestmean share on social
But I never listen to music while I'm writing. Stephen Greenblatt listenmusicwrite Change image and share on social
What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man. Stephen Greenblatt bodyenglishlanguage Change image and share on social
I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have to be stories about the storyteller. Stephen Greenblatt bookexploitgreat Change image and share on social
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 giveliteraturenuclear Change image and share on social