Quote by: Stephen Greenblatt

It is not that Shakespeare's art is in technicolor and fancy, and that real life is black and white and tedious. The life that Shakespeare was living was the only life he had, and he had to use it to create what he was doing.


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Author Bio


  • NameStephen Greenblatt
  • DescriptionAmerican literary critic, theorist and scholar
  • AliasesStephen Jay Greenblatt
  • BornNovember 7, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLiterary Historian; Author
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize; Pulitzer Prize For General Non-Fiction; National Book Award