Sir Walter Ralegh: The Renaissance Man and His Roles

Stephen Greenblatt's early masterwork on Sir Walter Ralegh's life as art, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUDIO!

Exposing the tensions and contradictions of Renaissance England, Stephen Greenblatt presents Sir Walter Ralegh as a symbol of his age-focusing on his lifelong attempt to fashion his own identity as a work of art. At moments of crisis, Ralegh was always acting out a role, and the interplay between life and art animated both his actions and his writing.

Greenblatt approaches Ralegh's...