Gerard manley hopkins gerard manley hopkins poems poem hunter. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on. Gerard manley hopkins is one of english poetrys most brilliant stylistic innovators, and one of the most distinguished poets of any age. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. His poems, reflecting his wholehearted involvement in all aspects of life, reveal his sense of vocation as both priest and poet, as well as his love of beauty, and his search for a unifying sacramental view of creation. As a victorian poet, roman catholic convert, and jesuit priest, hopkins pioneered a revolutionary form of meter he termed sprung rhythm in his first major work, the wreck of.
His writings combine an intense feeling for nature with an ecstatic awareness of its divine origins, most remarkably expressed in his. He attended balliol college, oxford, in 1863, where he studied classics. Jan 24, 2018 i had heard his name years ago, gerard manley hopkins, s. Top 25 quotes by gerard manley hopkins of 86 az quotes. Gerard manley hopkins author of poems and prose goodreads. Gerard manley hopkins was the first of eight children born to manley hopkins, a successful marine insurance agent who wrote poetry and technical books. Gerard manley hopkins s most popular book is poems and prose. His collected poems, published posthumously in 1918, exercised a profound influence on modern poetry. Selections from the note books of gerard manley hopkins by t. The contemplative poetry of gerard manley hopkins princeton. Born at stratford, essex, england, on july 28, 1844, gerard manley hopkins is regarded as one the victorian eras greatest poets. Gerard manley hopkins gerard manley hopkins biography. His poetfriend robert bridges collected the many poems hopkins had sent him, gathered other poems from his family and friends, edited them, and in 1918 published poems of gerard manley hopkins, with bridges introduction and notes. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
Gerard manley hopkins is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the. Hopkins was the eldest of the nine children of manley hopkins, an anglican, who had. Hopkins was the eldest of the nine children of manley hopkins, an anglican, who had been british consul general. Gerard manley hopkins gerard manley hopkins poems poem. Gerard manley hopkins 18441889 was a jesuit priest whose poetry combined an awareness of material sensuousness with the asceticism of religious devotion. His psychology, his spirituality, kin to a gnarled olive tree, one from the. Discover librarianselected research resources on gerard manley hopkins from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. His work was not published in collected form until 1918, but it influenced many leading 20thcentury poets. Our purpose is to serve the needs of students, scholars, and hopkins enthusiasts, especially those who for a long time have loved this poet and his works. The book would have benefited greatly by occasional views of the political, spiritual and artistic. Yet although his finest poetry was to remain almost unknown until 1918, the light of his genius had not been wholly extinguished.
Entering the roman catholic church in 1866 and the jesuit novitiate in 1868, he was ordained in 1877. List of books and articles about gerard manley hopkins online. Gerard manley hopkins has 118 books on goodreads with 22040 ratings. Discover book depositorys huge selection of gerardmanleyhopkins books online. Gerard manley hopkins, born july 28, 1844, stratford, essex, eng. Gerard manley hopkins, 184489, english poet, educated at oxford. Author of poems, poems and prose of gerard manley hopkins, poems and prose, hopkins, the classic hundred poems, the letters of gerard manley hopkins to robert bridges, selections from the note books of gerard manley hopkins, the correspondence of gerard manley hopkins and richard watson dixon. Relatively unknown in his own lifetime, gerard manley hopkins is the now accredited as the author of some of the finest and most complex poems in the english language. It includes, the windhover, gods grandeur, pied beauty, spring and fall margaret, are you grieving, carrion comfort, and justus quidem tu es, domine, as well as other completed poems and numerous fragments. An insightful and inspirational biography of the heroic and spiritual poet. Gerard manley hopkins was an english poet, roman catholic convert, and jesuit priest, whose 20thcentury fame established him posthumously among the leading victorian poets. Gerard manley hopkins sj 28 july 1844 8 june 1889 was an english poet and jesuit priest. Gerard manley hopkins books and biography waterstones. Selections from his poems, letters, journals, and spiritual writings the gospel in great writers gerard manley hopkins 4.
List of books and articles about gerard manley hopkins. The poems of gerard manley hopkins 4th edition by gerard. Weiss new directions, 1945 ps primary source a primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic. Mar 31, 2017 author of poems, poems and prose of gerard manley hopkins, poems and prose, hopkins, the classic hundred poems, the letters of gerard manley hopkins to robert bridges, selections from the note books of gerard manley hopkins, the correspondence of gerard manley hopkins and richard watson dixon. Much of hopkinss historical importance has to do with the changes he brought to the form of poetry, which ran contrary to conventional. Gerard manley hopkins, english poet and jesuit priest, one of the most individual of victorian writers. Gerard manley hopkins abebooks shop for books, art. Gerard manley hopkins sj 28 july 1844 8 june 1889 was an english poet and jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading victorian poets. The second of the drama documentary series about artistic creativity tackles gerard manley hopkinss inner struggle between an inherently sensual nature and a puritanical catholic faith. The best gerard manley hopkins poems everyone should read. Oxford essays and notes 18631868 collected works gerard manley hopkins book 4 oct 5, 2006. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
This treatise covers the procedural and substantive aspects of new york criminal practice. His experimental explorations in prosody and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse. Gerard manley hopkins, a terrible teacher who hated ucd. His experimental explorations in prosody especially sprung rhythm and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse. Books by gerard manley hopkins author of poems and prose. Discover book depositorys huge selection of gerard manley hopkins books online. The life of victor hugo by andre maurois, gerard manley hopkins and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Welcome to the official gerard manley hopkins website. Poems everymans library by gerard manley hopkins, alfred a. Yet although his finest poetry was to remain almost unknown until 1918.
Poems and prose poets by gerard manley hopkins and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Poems and prose of gerard manley hopkins by gerard manley hopkins. Poems of gerard manley hopkins, now first published. This book is also valuable as a model of the norm of contemporary religious nature. His manipulation of prosody particularly his concept of sprung rhythm established him as an innovative writer of verse, as did his technique of praising god through vivid use of imagery and nature. Gerard manley hopkinss most popular book is poems and prose. Hopkins, gerard manley, 18441889 criticism and interpretation, hopkins, gerard manley, 18441889, hopkins, gerard manley publisher tavistock. Small octavo, original half raw linen, pale blue boards, paper spine label, uncut. Poems of gerard manley hopkins by gerard manley hopkins. However, because his style was so radically different from that of his contemporaries, his best poems were not accepted for publication during his lifetime, and his achievement was not fully recognized until after world war i. Gerard manley hopkins was an english poet, roman catholic convert, and jesuit priest, whose 20thcentury fame. He was a jesuit catholic priest who unknown to the outside world, was continually writing and filing away what we now know as great poetry on any and every topic that suited him.
Fourth edition based on the first edition of 1918 and enlarged to incorporate all known poems and fragments. Hopkins died in 1889, having seen none of his own verse in print except a few early poems, three comic triolets, and latin versions of an epigram by dryden and two songs by shakespeare. The wreck of the deutschland phoenix 60p paperbacks di hopkins, gerard manley e una grande selezione di libri, arte e articoli da collezione disponibile su abebooks. Gerard manley hopkins 18441889 is a special case among poets. His psychology, his spirituality, kin to a gnarled olive tree, one from the garden of bloody sweat and angelic comfort. Poems and prose of gerard manley hopkins open library. However, during his lifetime he was known not as a poet but as a jesuit priest, and his more about gerard manley hopkins. Gerard manley hopkins is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the victorian era. Mackenzie observed in the fourth edition of the poems of gerard manley hopkins 1970, the steady growth and consolidation of the fame of gerard manley hopkins has now reached a point from which, it would seem, there can be no permanent regression. Gerard manley hopkins sj was an english poet and jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading victorian poets. Upon becoming a jesuit he burned much of his early verse and abandoned the writing of poetry. Featured author kate mcneil is a writer, reader, photographer, and blogger, fueled by sushi and dreams. The works revealed in this book stand as a legacy of great poetry. While form meant a great deal to hopkins, it was never mere form.
In 1989, the centenary of his death, gerard manley hopkins continues to provoke fundamental questions among scholars. Only after his death did robert bridges begin to publish a few of hopkinss mature poems in anthologies, hoping to prepare the way for wider acceptance. Now recognized as a major poet, gerard manley hopkins was one of the most creative and influential writers of the nineteenth century. About gerard manley hopkins academy of american poets. Hopkinss family encouraged his artistic talents when he was a youth in essex. Later editions followed, and especially in the 1930s and 1940s hopkins emerged as a major figure in english. There is a mixture of relief and wonder in their statement. As hopkins commented in a letter, savonarola was the only person in history. She is a kentucky girl who currently lives in metro detroit with her husband. Publication date 1991 topics hopkins, gerard manley, 18441889 biography. Explore books by gerard manley hopkins with our selection at. I had heard his name years ago, gerard manley hopkins, s.
Overpraised by modernist critics, who saw him as the sole great poet of the era, he was in fact an important minor talent and. Selections from his poems, letters, journals, and spiritual writings the gospel in great writers 03apr2017. The 100th anniversary of the death of gerard manley hopkins. However, during his lifetime he was known not as a poet but as a jesuit priest, and his faith was essential to his work. The early poetic manuscripts and notebooks of gerard manley hopkins in facsimile. The second of the drama documentary series about artistic creativity tackles gerard manley hopkins s inner struggle between an inherently sensual nature and a puritanical catholic faith. Closer to dylan thomas than matthew arnold in his creative violence and insistence on the sound of poetry, gerard manley hopkins was no staid, conventional victorian.
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