# Event Details - **Event Name**: Stephen Greenblatt at the Cambridge Public Library - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: presenting his works Dark Renaissance and Sir Walter Ralegh, newly in paperbackAbout this EventHarvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Stephen Greenblatt—Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, a leading scholar of English Renaissance literature, and author of sixteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winner The Swerve—for a celebrate the paperback release of Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival, which released in hardcover in 2025 and received immense praise from The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal.In addition to the paperback release of Dark Renaissance, Greenblatt's first work Sir Walter Ralegh: The Renaissance Man and His Roles, originally published in 1973 and based on Greenblatt's dissertation, will be rereleased in paperback on September 1, 2026 with a new foreword from Greenblatt.TicketingRSVP for free to this event or choose the "Book-Included" ticket to reserve a copy of either Dark Renaissance and/or Sir Walter Ralegh in paperback and pick it up at the event. Following the presentation will be a book signing.Note: Books bundled with tickets may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event, and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand. Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at Harvard Book Store up to 30 days following the event. This offer expires after 30 days. Please note we cannot guarantee signed copies will be available to ticket holders who do not attend the event.About Dark RenaissancePoor boy. Spy. Transgressor. Genius.In repressive Elizabethan England, artists are frightened into dull conventionality; foreigners are suspect; popular entertainment largely consists of coarse spectacles, animal fights, and hangings. Into this crude world of government censorship and religious authoritarianism comes an ambitious cobbler’s son from Canterbury with a daring desire to be known—and an uncanny ear for Latin poetry. A torment for most schoolboys, yet for a few, like Christopher Marlowe, a secret portal to beauty, visionary imagination, transgressive desire, and dangerous skepticism.What Marlowe seizes in his rare opportunity for a classical education, and what he does with it, brings about a spectacular explosion of English literature, language, and culture. His astonishing literary success will, in turn, nourish the talent of a collaborator and rival, William Shakespeare.Dark Renaissance illuminates both Marlowe’s times and the origins and significance of his work—from his erotic translations of Ovid to his portrayal of unfettered ambition in a triumphant Tamburlaine to Doctor Faustus, his unforgettable masterpiece about making a pact with the devil in exchange for knowledge. Introducing us to Marlowe’s transgressive genius in the form of a thrilling page-turner, Stephen Greenblatt brings a penetrating understanding of the literary work to reveal the inner world of the author, bringing to life a homosexual atheist who was tormented by his own compromises, who refused to toe the party line, and who was murdered just when he had found love. Meanwhile, he explores how the people Marlowe knew, and the transformations they wrought, gave birth to the economic, scientific, and cultural power of the modern world including Faustian bargains with which we reckon still.About Sir Walter RaleghExplorer, soldier, statesman, writer, key to the English Renaissance—Sir Walter Ralegh fashioned his life as a work of art.Exposing the tensions and contradictions of Renaissance England, Stephen Greenblatt presents Sir Walter Ralegh as a symbol of his age. The interplay between life and art animated both his actions and his writing, and his dramatic life was his masterpiece. From the grim Tower of London to the swamps of Guiana, from the aging Queen Elizabeth’s court back to the Tower, Ralegh’s turbulent career reached its climax with his 1592 disgrace, which culminated in his 1603 conviction for treason and, ultimately, his execution. Blending historical, literary, and psychological insight, Greenblatt brings vivid detail and acute understanding to his twining of Ralegh’s life and work.In Sir Walter Ralegh, written early in his scholarly career, Greenblatt sows the seeds of his most influential critical ideas—“self-fashioning” in the Renaissance and “the new historicism” as avenue of literary insight. In a revealing new introduction, he offers a glimpse of the personal intellectual journey that would lead him to such masterworks as Marvellous Possessions, Hamlet in Purgatory, Will in the World, The Swerve, and, most recently, Dark Renaissance—in which the character of Sir Walter Ralegh stages a memorable reappearance in the life of Christopher Marlowe.BioStephen Greenblatt is Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is the author of sixteen books, including Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Christopher Marlowe, Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud; Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics; The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve; The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (winner of the 2011 National Book Award and the 2012 Pulitzer Prize) and Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare. He is General Editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature and of The Norton Shakespeare, has edited seven collections of criticism, and is a founding coeditor of the journal Representations. He was named the 2016 Holberg Prize Laureate. His honors include the MLA’s James Russell Lowell Prize, the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and the Distinguished Humanist Award from the Mellon Foundation. He was president of the Modern Language Association of America and has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Philosophical Society, the Italian literary academy Accademia degli Arcadi, and is a fellow of the British Academy.Co-SponsorThe Cambridge Public Library inspires minds, and empower community. They support a Cambridge where everyone has equitable opportunities to learn, people live their best lives and democracy thrives. The Library’s programming provides an opportunity for civic dialogue, conversation, and learning, which includes exploring a wide range of views. Visit their website to learn more. 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