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The Escorial - Rosa Mystica - The wreck of the Deutschland - Dublin sonnets - Il Mystico - St Thecla - Moonrise.
Originally published in 1966. In his lifetime, Gerard Manley Hopkins was known as a poet only by a small circle of his friends. More than any other major Victorian writer, he was recovered and presented as a poet to modern readers by editors and scholars of the first half of the twentieth century. This book analyzes how and to what extent the presuppositions of these critics have dictated the modern conception of Hopkins's work. Bender seeks to dispel, once and for all, the notion that Hopkins was a naïf poet. He provides an analysis of classical Greek and Latin rhetoric relative to the classical background of Hopkins's style and the structure in his poetry. He maintains that especially in Hopkins's more extreme work, such as "The Wreck of the Deutschland," there are precedents for the structure of the poem itself, the structure of the sentences within the poem, and its sensual and obscure imagery in the classical literature that Hopkins knew so well. Bender's study suggests two highly controversial positons: first, that although Hopkins is one of the most original voices in English, his poetry is within a tradition insufficiently recognized by modern critics; and second, that the effect of careful and sympathetic study of classical literature can induce quite the opposite of a neoclassical style in English.
Renowned Hopkins expert Joseph J. Feeney, SJ, offers a fresh take on Gerard Manley Hopkins which shakes our understanding of his poetry and his life and points towards the next phase in Hopkins studies. While affirming the received view of Hopkins as a major poet of nature, religion, and psychology, Feeney finds a pervasive, rarely noticed playfulness by employing both the theory of play and close reading of his texts. This new Hopkins lived a playful life from childhood till death as a student who loved puns and jokes and wrote parodies, comic verse, and satires; as a Jesuit who played and organized games and had "a gift for mimicry;" and most significantly, as a poet and prose stylist who rewards readers with unexpected displays of whimsy and incongruity, even, strikingly, in "The Wreck of the Deutschland," "The Windhover," and the "Terrible Sonnets." Feeney convincingly argues that Hopkins's distinctive playfulness is inextricably bound to his sense of fun, his creativity, his style, and his competitiveness with other poets. In unexpected images, quirky metaphors, strange perspectives, puns, coinages, twisted syntax, wordmusic, and sprung rhythm, we see his playful streak burst forth to adorn those works critics consider his most brilliant. No one who absorbs this book's radical readings will ever see and hear Hopkins's poetry and prose quite the way they used to.
The Present Book, Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Critical Study, Aims To Introduce The Readers To The Universally Acknowledged English Poet G.M. Hopkins. Although Not Recognized In His Times, His Popularity Has Increased With The Passing Of Years And Today His Poems Are Held In High Esteem. His Concept Of Poetry And Poetic Diction Distinguished Him From His Contemporary Victorian Poets. He Has Been Held By Many As Belonging More To The Twentieth Century Than The Nineteenth, Owing To His Technical Innovation And Intense Style. In His Poetry, The Rhythm Of The Verse Has Been Perfectly Fused With The Flow And Varying Emphasis Of Spoken Language. In Fact, Hopkins Skilfully United The Rhythmical Freedom Of The Middle Ages, The Religious Intensity Of The Early Seventeenth Century, The Response To Nature Of The Early Nineteenth, And He Envisioned The Twentieth Century In Challenging Conventional Encumbrances In Poetic Form.The Present Book Makes An In-Depth Study Of All The Aspects Of Poetic Art Of Hopkins. Since Hopkins Poems Have Been Considered By Many Students Of English Literature As Difficult To Analyse, The Book Aims At Providing A Complete Analytic Exposition Of His Major Works So As To Induce Interest In Readers By Enabling Them To Have An Easy Understanding Of His Poetic Style And Works. Beginning With A Biographical Sketch Of The Poet, The Book Elucidates His Theory Of Poetry. His Concepts Of Inscape , Instress , And Sprung Rhythm Have Been Much Discussed. The Book Acquaints The Readers With Hopkins Treatment Of Nature Which Has Always Been The Background Of His Poems. A Critical Analysis Of His Major Poems Is Another Attraction Of The Present Book.It Is Hoped That The Book Would Be Highly Useful To The Students And Teachers Of English Literature. It Will Encourage The General Readers To Read The Masterpiece Works Of G.M. Hopkins.
This long-awaited complete edition of Hopkins's poetry offers serious students far more guidance than has ever been available. The texts are arranged chronologically, rhythms are clarified, thousands of words and phrases are annotated for the first time, and far greater attention is paid to his neglected early output. Compiled by one of the world's leading Hopkins scholars, the book includes an introduction, extensive commentary, and headnotes for each poem setting out intellectual or biographical background and critical responses.
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The first book devoted to the study of love in the writings of Gerald Manley Hopkins, 'Touching God' offers fresh readings of Hopkins' poetry by considering love in relation to mutual touch.