Poems And Prose
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Few voices in the English literary canon burn with such concentrated, spiritual intensity as that of Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Poems and Prose — selected and edited by W. H. Gardner — presents the full, dazzling spectrum of his genius in a single indispensable volume. This carefully curated collection brings together Hopkins's revolutionary verse, including landmark works such as The Windhover, God's Grandeur, and The Wreck of the Deutschland, alongside illuminating prose extracts from his journals, letters, and essays that reveal the restless, brilliant mind behind the poetry. Hopkins's singular contribution to literature rests on his invention of sprung rhythm and his doctrine of inscape — a deeply personal philosophy of perceived essence that animates every line he wrote, charged with a muscular, almost physical relationship between language and the natural world. Gardner's editorial hand provides invaluable scholarly context, guiding both the newcomer and the seasoned reader through Hopkins's Victorian Catholic faith, his Jesuit vocation, and his tortured artistic isolation, all of which forged some of the most startlingly modern poetry of the nineteenth century. A poet whose work was largely unpublished in his lifetime, Hopkins left a legacy that continues to electrify — will his words ignite something in you?
Author: Gerard Manley Hopkins
Format: Paperback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few voices in the English literary canon burn with such concentrated, spiritual intensity as that of Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Poems and Prose — selected and edited by W. H. Gardner — presents the full, dazzling spectrum of his genius in a single indispensable volume. This carefully curated collection brings together Hopkins's revolutionary verse, including landmark works such as The Windhover, God's Grandeur, and The Wreck of the Deutschland, alongside illuminating prose extracts from his journals, letters, and essays that reveal the restless, brilliant mind behind the poetry. Hopkins's singular contribution to literature rests on his invention of sprung rhythm and his doctrine of inscape — a deeply personal philosophy of perceived essence that animates every line he wrote, charged with a muscular, almost physical relationship between language and the natural world. Gardner's editorial hand provides invaluable scholarly context, guiding both the newcomer and the seasoned reader through Hopkins's Victorian Catholic faith, his Jesuit vocation, and his tortured artistic isolation, all of which forged some of the most startlingly modern poetry of the nineteenth century. A poet whose work was largely unpublished in his lifetime, Hopkins left a legacy that continues to electrify — will his words ignite something in you?