Jay Griffiths
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Exploring two of the greatest minds in Early Modern England will give readers an intimate view on what intellectual programs looked like before the modern division of disciplines. Milton and Newton, rarely thought of together, turn out to have a great deal in common in their approaches to Scripture, theology, and the philosophy of matter.
A book on the experience of reading Shakespeare's 'dark plays' which 'often begin with lives falling apart: an event - shipwreck, exile, doubt, or unexpected love - derails what had seemed secure. Those who participate in the plays, as players, audience members, or readers, are invited to see in those events the vulnerability of their own lives.
A book on the experience of reading the works of Samuel Beckett that covers key topics including Beckett's treatment of human emotion, the importance of doubt and second thoughts, his performances as a self-conscious narrator, his vexed relationship with memory and autobiography, and writing as company.
