Includes all of hopkins poetry, from bestknown works to foreign language poems, plays, and verse fragments, and a recently discovered poem. During his tragically short life he strove to reconcile his religious and artistic vocations, and this edition demonstrates the range of his interests. Gerard manley hopkins books and biography waterstones. Catherine phillips, the major works first published 1986. Gerard manley hopkins the major works oxford worlds classics paperback 26 feb. Lesley higgins, the collected works of gerard manley hopkins oxford university press, various volumes and dates michael d. Catherine phillips this authoritative edition brings together all of hopkinss poetry and a generous selection of his prose writings to explore the essence of his work and thinking. Gerard manley hopkins 184489 was one of the most innovative of nineteenthcentury poets. 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.
Gerard manley hopkins is a poet who was born in 1844 and died in 1889. Prime student members get an extra 10% off a selection of books. The major works oxford worlds classics hopkins, gerard manley, phillips, catherine on. Gerard manley hopkins was a brilliant christian poet. 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. Hopkins was the eldest of the nine children of manley hopkins, an anglican, who had been british consul general. Gerard hopkins was born july 28, 1844, to manley and catherine smith hopkins, the first of their nine children. Gerard manley hopkins was an english poet, roman catholic convert, and jesuit priest, whose 20thcentury fame established him posthumously among the leading victorian poets. The major works by gerard manley hopkins, catherine phillips editor online at alibris. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Hopkins was deeply impressed with the work of christina rossetti and she became one of his greatest contemporary influences, with the pair eventually meeting. Poems of gerard manley hopkins by gerard manley hopkins. He produced a small number of finely crafted and moving poems in his lifetime but, for religious reasons, made little effort to publish them. Gerard manley hopkins, english poet and jesuit priest, one of the most individual of victorian writers.
The sculptor was david peace and the stone sits between those to henry james and john masefield. Buy gerard manley hopkins the major works oxford worlds classics reissue by hopkins, gerard manley, phillips, catherine isbn. Gerard manley hopkins british and irish literature. Gerard manley hopkins world literature is a resource for students who seek information beyond the simple biographical details of an authors life or a brief overview of the authors major works. Yet hopkins was almost unknown until 1918 when his book poems was first published, as edited by his friend robert bridges. Welcome to the official gerard manley hopkins website. Includes excerpts from hopkinss journals, letters, and spiritual writings.
For a good introduction to many aspects of hopkinss work in a relatively short, readable book, consult storey 20 or brown 2004. One of the victorian eras greatest writers, hopkins reputation has continued to grow since his death. Gerard manley hopkins biography and works gerard manley hopkins was born in essex. The major works oxford worlds classics book online at best prices in india on. Gerard manley hopkins, the major works, including all the poems and selected prose. This authoritative edition brings together all of hopkinss poetry and a generous selection of his prose writings to explore the essence of his. Read a summary, analysis, and context of the poets major works. The major works gerard manley hopkins oxford university press this authoritative edition brings together all of hopkinss poetry and a generous selection of his prose writings to explore the essence of his work and thinking. Gerard manley hopkins the major works oxford worlds. There, he experienced a spiritual crisis that led him to join the roman catholic church in 1866. 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. Gerard manley hopkins gerard manley hopkins poems poem. Pied beauty by gerard manley hopkins read by tom o.
Gerard manley hopkins, born july 28, 1844, stratford, essex, eng. His father, manley, headed a maritimeinsurance firm and published two books of poetry and five of prose. The major works gerard manley hopkins edited by catherine phillips oxford worlds classics. This authoritative edition brings together all of hopkinss poetry and a generous selection of his prose writings to explore the essence of his work and thinking. It had a marked influence on such leading 20th century poets. It contains a pretty complete collection of hopkinss poetry and also includes highlights from his letters and journals, which are written in the same idiosyncratic manner and reflect hopkinss individual and distinctive way of looking at the world. Hopkinss family encouraged his artistic talents when he was a youth in essex. The poem, pied beauty by hopkins, builds up through a description of a variety of beautiful things which either are pied or contain opposites of various kinds colour, taste, speed, brightness to an assertion of the creator of them, whose ability to comprehend the paradoxes within his unity aptly demanding praise, which ends the poem with a formal perfect by returning to its. The major, the finest, poets of victorian england were alfred, lord tennyson, robert browning, matthew arnold, and gerard manley hopkins.
The best edition of hopkinss poems to get is gerard manley hopkins. The major works including all the poems and selected prose edited with an introduction and notes by catherine phillips oxford university press isbn 0192840797. Gerard manley hopkins gerard manley hopkins biography. Gerard manley hopkins poetry set to music poems about.
Gerard manley hopkins, english poet and jesuit priest, one of the most individual. His parents were high church anglicans variously described as earnest and moderate, and his father, a marine insurance adjuster, had just published a volume of poetry the year before at grammar school in highgate 185463, he won the poetry prize for the escorial and a. Jesuit influence on the life and works of flannery oconnor patrick samway, s. A bibliography on quotations from the works of poet gerard manley hopkins is presented which includes the books the poems of gerard manley hopkins, by edited by w. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. With the poetry of gerard manley hopkins, the music is built in, and the religion is pure music, making it palatable for a severely nonreligious person like me. It includes all his poetry, from bestknown works such. Gerard manley hopkins is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the. Poems of gerard manley hopkins now first published language. Essential reading for all hopkins fans 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. Whatever i say, i cant beat that, so ill let you make up your own mind. Hopkins is almost unique in his musical ecstasy, matched in english only be hart crane.
The best gerard manley hopkins poems everyone should read. The major works, edited by catherine phillips and the letters of gerard. It was reissued in the oxford worlds classics series as the major works 2002. The major works by gerard manley hopkins 2009, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. This collection, edited by catherine phillips, was first published as gerald manley hopkins 1986 in the series the oxford authors. His experimental explorations in prosody and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse. A collection of the bestknown poems by gerard manley hopkins 18441889.
It had a marked influence on such leading 20thcentury poets. If you decide to read a hopkins poem aloud, do it breathlessly, all in a swoop and a swoon. A learned critic said this poem is about the industrial revolution. Gerard manley hopkins is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the victorian era. His work was not published in collected form until 1918, but it influenced many leading 20thcentury poets. The major works by gerard manley hopkins free epub. This authoritative edition brings together all of hopkinss p. It brings together all hopkinss poetry and a generous selection of his prose writings to give the essence of his work and thinking.
Hopkins was the eldest of nine children in a comfortable family devoted to the church of england. Priest, poet, saint by nancy benvenga cts publications, 1993 isbn 0851839002. He then stopped writing and burned the manuscripts of his poems. By 1930 his work was recognised as one of the most original literary accomplishments of his century. 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. Easson 2011 provides considered guidance on how one might navigate the secondary critical literature, which the book often helpfully summarizes. Gerard manley hopkins 18441889 is a special case among poets.
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