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  • let me tell you and let me go on

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    Two novels from the perspective of Hamlet’s Ophelia—the first set before the events of the play, the second after—written entirely by remixing and repurposing the character’s dialogue from Shakespeare’s original text.“So: now I come to speak.” With this line, Shakespeare’s Ophelia starts telling her story. In let me tell you, this newly revealed woman uses exactly the same words Shakespeare gave ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Mr. Beethoven

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    **Shortlisted for the 2020 Goldsmiths PrizeBased on the German composer's own correspondence, this inventive, counterfactual work of historical fiction imagines Beethoven traveling to America to write an oratorio based on the Book of Job.**It is a matter of historical record that in 1823 the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston (active to this day) sought to commission Beethoven to write an oratorio ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Modern Music and After

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    Over three decades Paul Griffiths's survey has remained the definitive study of music since the Second World War; this fully revised and updated edition re-establishes Modern Music and After as the preeminent introduction to the music of our time. The disruptions of the war and the struggles of the ensuing peace were reflected in the music of the time: in Pierre Boulez's radical reformation of ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Christian Flesh

    by Paul J. Griffiths ...
    Series series Encountering Traditions
    A sustained and systematic theological reflection on the idea that being a Christian is, first and last, a matter of the flesh, Christian Flesh shows us what being a Christian means for fleshly existence. Depicting and analyzing what the Christian tradition has to say about the flesh of Christians in relation to that of Christ, the book shows that some kinds of fleshly activity conform well to ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Problems of Religious Diversity

    by Paul J. Griffiths ...
    Series series Exploring the Philosophy of Religion
    Exploring Religious Diversity analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many religions in the world often appear to contradict each other in doctrine and practice.Analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many religions in the world often appear to contradict each other in doctrine and practice.Evaluates the fundamental philosophical underpinnings of the ... Read more

    $42.00 USD

  • Christian Flesh

    by Paul J Griffiths ...
    Series series Encountering Traditions
    "[A] brilliant and provocative work . . . demonstrating the centrality of the flesh to the mysteries and doctrines of the Christian faith." —Carol Zaleski, Smith CollegeA sustained and systematic theological reflection on the idea that being a Christian is, first and last, a matter of the flesh, Christian Flesh shows us what being a Christian means for fleshly existence. Depicting and analyzing ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Penguin Companion to Classical Music

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    This superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Throught Griffiths skilfully blends lightly worn scholarship with ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • Art and Ritual in the Black Diaspora

    Archetypes of Transition

    by Paul Griffith ...
    Series series The Black Atlantic Cultural Series: Revisioning Artistic, Historical, Literary, Psychological, and Sociological Perspectives
    Archetypes of Transition in Diaspora Art and Ritual examines residually oral conventions that shape the black diaspora imaginary in the Caribbean and America. Colonial humanist violations and inverse issues of black cultural and psychological affirmation are indexed in terms of a visionary gestalt according to which inner and outer realities unify creatively in natural and metaphysical orders. ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Information, Institutions, and Local Government in England, 1550-1700

    Turning Inside

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    The years between 1550 and 1700 saw significant changes in the nature and scope of local government: sophisticated information and intelligence systems were developed; magistrates came to rely more heavily on surveillance to inform 'good government'; and England's first nationwide system of incarceration was established within bridewells. But while these sizeable and lasting shifts have been well ... Read more

    $119.69 USD

  • Modern Music and After

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    Over three decades, Paul Griffiths's survey has remained the definitive study of music since the Second World War; this fully revised and updated edition re-establishes Modern Music and After as the preeminent introduction to the music of our time. The disruptions of the war, and the struggles of the ensuing peace, were reflected in the music of the time: in Pierre Boulez's radical reformation of ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    Olivier Messiaen was one of the outstanding creative artists of his time. The strength of his appeal, to listeners as well as to composers, is a measure of the individuality of his music, which draws on a vast range of sources: rhythms of twentieth-century Europe and thirteenth-century India, ripe romantic harmony and brittle birdsong, the sounds of Indonesian percussion and modern electronic ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Song of Songs

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    Series series Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible
    Explore how the roots of the ancient Christian tradition inform and shape faithfulness todayThe Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret scripture creedally for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers, and other orthodox Christians did for their times and places.A rich resource for preachers, teachers, students, and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD