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Harvard Professor Stephen Greenblatt's book, "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern," has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize. In its citation, the Pulitzer board described Greenblatt’s book as “a provocative book arguing that an obscure work of philosophy, discovered nearly 600 years ago, changed the course of history by anticipating the science and sensibilities of today.”

Stephen Greenblatt wins Pulitzer Prize

Professor adds to accolades for study of ancient poem

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DateApril 16, 2012

John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities Stephen Greenblatt participates in a Q&A interview the Harvard Gazette in his Widener Library office at Harvard University. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

On the nature of modern thought

Q&A with Stephen Greenblatt

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DateMarch 9, 2012

Professor Stephen Greenblatt’s most recent book, “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,” was the topic of the third in a series of book talks given by Harvard faculty and alumni throughout the Wintersession programming period. “Much of what we understand of modernity made its way back into the world from an older world, thanks to the efforts of Poggio Bracciolini,” Greenblatt told his audience of nearly 50 undergraduates.

A key to modernity

Greenblatt recounts discovery that helped to reshape worldview

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DateJanuary 20, 2012April 9, 2019

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

<h4>W.W. Norton, September 2011</h4><h5>Stephen Greenblatt</h5>

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DateOctober 27, 2011