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Stephen Greenblatt
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival
by Stephen Greenblatt
Stephen Greenblatt
W.W. Norton. 2025. 334 pages.
Christopher Marlowe
, son of a cobbler, obtained an MA from Cambridge through the political intervention of the Privy Council, gave up studies for the prie…
