Books by Gavin Hopps

This book explores the ways in which music can engender religious experience, by virtue of its ability to evoke the ineffable and affect how the world is open to us.

In Christian faith, the present is continuously re-shaped by ventures of hopeful and expectant living. In art, the poetic interplay between past, present and future takes specific concrete forms, furnishing vital resources for sustaining an imaginative ecology of hope. This volume attends to the contributions that architecture, drama.

The relationship between literature and religion is one of the most challenging areas of Romantic studies. This book explores subjects such as Romantic attitudes towards creativity and its relation to suffering and religious apprehension; the allure of the 'veiled' and the figure of the monk in Gothic and Romantic writing; and more.

A study of Morrissey's career - as a writer, performer, and troublemaker. It examines the work of this compelling performer, whose intelligence, humour, suffering and awkwardness have fascinated audiences around the world. It traces the trajectory of Morrissey's career and outlines the contours and contradictions of the singer's elusive persona.

Morrissey is the greatest disturbance popular music has ever known. This book examines the work of this performer, whose intelligence, humour, suffering and awkwardness have fascinated audiences. It traces the trajectory of Morrissey's career - from its beginning in the early 80s to the release of his album, "Ringleader of the Tormentors".