Gerard Manley Hopkins
By Angus Easson
Published December 8th 2010 by Routledge – 224 pages
Series: Routledge Guides to Literature
Description
Gerard Manley Hopkins was among the most innovative writers of the Victorian period. Experimental and idiosyncratic, his work remains important for any student of nineteenth-century literature and culture.
This guide to Hopkins’ life and work offers:
- a detailed account of Hopkins life and creative development
- an extensive introduction to Hopkins’ poems, their critical history and the many interpretations of his work
- cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
- suggestions for further reading.
Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Hopkins’ work and seeking not only a guide to the poems, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.
Contents
Abbreviations and referencing Introduction Part I Life and Contexts Part II Work Part III Criticism Further Reading Chronology Bibliography Index
Author Bio
Angus Easson is Professor Emeritas at the School of English, University of Salford, UK.
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Description: By Angus Easson. Gerard Manley Hopkins was among the most innovative writers of the Victorian period. Experimental and idiosyncratic, his work remains important for any student of nineteenth-century literature and culture.
This guide to Hopkins’ life and work...
Categories: Introductory Literary Studies, Poetry, 19th Century Literature
