Poems and prose poets by gerard manley hopkins and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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. 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. Selections from the note books of gerard manley hopkins by t. The poems of gerard manley hopkins 4th edition by gerard. Explore books by gerard manley hopkins with our selection at. His experimental explorations in prosody and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse. 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. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on. 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. Featured author kate mcneil is a writer, reader, photographer, and blogger, fueled by sushi and dreams. The life of victor hugo by andre maurois, gerard manley hopkins and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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.
Gerard manley hopkins is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the. 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. 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. 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. List of books and articles about gerard manley hopkins online. About gerard manley hopkins academy of american poets. The 100th anniversary of the death of gerard manley hopkins. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. 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. Poems and prose of gerard manley hopkins by gerard manley hopkins. Upon becoming a jesuit he burned much of his early verse and abandoned the writing of poetry. 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. 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.
Entering the roman catholic church in 1866 and the jesuit novitiate in 1868, he was ordained in 1877. As hopkins commented in a letter, savonarola was the only person in history. His work was not published in collected form until 1918, but it influenced many leading 20thcentury poets. Born at stratford, essex, england, on july 28, 1844, gerard manley hopkins is regarded as one the victorian eras greatest poets. 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. 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. Hopkinss family encouraged his artistic talents when he was a youth in essex. 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. Now recognized as a major poet, gerard manley hopkins was one of the most creative and influential writers of the nineteenth century.
Gerard manley hopkins gerard manley hopkins poems poem hunter. While form meant a great deal to hopkins, it was never mere form. Selections from his poems, letters, journals, and spiritual writings the gospel in great writers 03apr2017. Yet although his finest poetry was to remain almost unknown until 1918, the light of his genius had not been wholly extinguished. He attended balliol college, oxford, in 1863, where he studied classics. Discover book depositorys huge selection of gerardmanleyhopkins books online. His psychology, his spirituality, kin to a gnarled olive tree, one from the garden of bloody sweat and angelic comfort. Gerard manley hopkins gerard manley hopkins biography. In 1989, the centenary of his death, gerard manley hopkins continues to provoke fundamental questions among scholars. Gerard manley hopkins has 118 books on goodreads with 22040 ratings. I had heard his name years ago, gerard manley hopkins, s. The works revealed in this book stand as a legacy of great poetry. Later editions followed, and especially in the 1930s and 1940s hopkins emerged as a major figure in english.
His writings combine an intense feeling for nature with an ecstatic awareness of its divine origins, most remarkably expressed in his. Publication date 1991 topics hopkins, gerard manley, 18441889 biography. The best gerard manley hopkins poems everyone should read. Gerard manley hopkins was an english poet, roman catholic convert, and jesuit priest, whose 20thcentury fame established him posthumously among the leading victorian poets. Hopkins was the eldest of the nine children of manley hopkins, an anglican, who had. Gerard manley hopkins gerard manley hopkins poems poem. 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.
Gerard manley hopkinss most popular book is poems and prose. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Discover book depositorys huge selection of gerard manley hopkins books online. 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 early poetic manuscripts and notebooks of gerard manley hopkins in facsimile. Gerard manley hopkins 18441889 is a special case among poets. Overpraised by modernist critics, who saw him as the sole great poet of the era, he was in fact an important minor talent and. Gerard manley hopkins sj 28 july 1844 8 june 1889 was an english poet and jesuit priest.
Gerard manley hopkins abebooks shop for books, art. Gerard manley hopkins sj was an english poet and jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading victorian poets. Gerard manley hopkins, english poet and jesuit priest, one of the most individual of victorian writers. Oxford essays and notes 18631868 collected works gerard manley hopkins book 4 oct 5, 2006. Gerard manley hopkins, a terrible teacher who hated ucd. However, during his lifetime he was known not as a poet but as a jesuit priest, and his faith was essential to his work. Books by gerard manley hopkins author of poems and prose. Poems everymans library by gerard manley hopkins, alfred a. Jan 24, 2018 i had heard his name years ago, gerard manley hopkins, s. Gerard manley hopkins is one of english poetrys most brilliant stylistic innovators, and one of the most distinguished poets of any age. Top 25 quotes by gerard manley hopkins of 86 az quotes.
Discover librarianselected research resources on gerard manley hopkins from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. Welcome to the official gerard manley hopkins website. The book would have benefited greatly by occasional views of the political, spiritual and artistic. 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. This book is also valuable as a model of the norm of contemporary religious nature. Selections from his poems, letters, journals, and spiritual writings the gospel in great writers gerard manley hopkins 4. 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 s most popular book is poems and prose. Poems of gerard manley hopkins by gerard manley hopkins. Gerard manley hopkins, 184489, english poet, educated at oxford. Small octavo, original half raw linen, pale blue boards, paper spine label, uncut. Hopkins was the eldest of the nine children of manley hopkins, an anglican, who had been british consul general. Hopkins, gerard manley, 18441889 criticism and interpretation, hopkins, gerard manley, 18441889, hopkins, gerard manley publisher tavistock. Fourth edition based on the first edition of 1918 and enlarged to incorporate all known poems and fragments. Gerard manley hopkins was an english poet, roman catholic convert, and jesuit priest, whose 20thcentury fame. Gerard manley hopkins 18441889 was a jesuit priest whose poetry combined an awareness of material sensuousness with the asceticism of religious devotion. Gerard manley hopkins author of poems and prose goodreads. Poems and prose of gerard manley hopkins open library. 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. His collected poems, published posthumously in 1918, exercised a profound influence on modern poetry.
There is a mixture of relief and wonder in their statement. Yet although his finest poetry was to remain almost unknown until 1918. His psychology, his spirituality, kin to a gnarled olive tree, one from the. She is a kentucky girl who currently lives in metro detroit with her husband. Gerard manley hopkins, born july 28, 1844, stratford, essex, eng. 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 hopkins books and biography waterstones. An insightful and inspirational biography of the heroic and spiritual poet. 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. Poems of gerard manley hopkins, now first published. However, during his lifetime he was known not as a poet but as a jesuit priest, and his more about gerard manley hopkins. The contemplative poetry of gerard manley hopkins princeton. This treatise covers the procedural and substantive aspects of new york criminal practice. Gerard manley hopkins is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the victorian era. 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. List of books and articles about gerard manley hopkins.
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