Podcast at https://speakingofshakespeare.buzzsprout.com. Thomas Dabbs speaks with Stephen Greenblatt of Harvard University about Greenblatt’s work on Shakespeare, the Bible, and Lucretius.
Stephen Greenblatt:
http://stephengreenblatt.com
SEGMENTS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:55 -‘Tyrant’ and the spirit of tyrants
00:07:05 - Jack Cade and populism, rebellion
00:18:00 - Christopher Marlow, Shakespeare and Marlowe
00:26:15 - Seeing the world through Shakespeare
00:28:00 - Freedom, Cleanth Brooks, New Historicism
00:35:40 - More New Historicism
00:41:00 - The Bible: Adam and Eve
00:49:10- The Swerve: Lucretius, the Bible
01:00:00 - Upbringing and Childhood
01:10:04 - More Shakespeare
01:08:35 - Closing remarks