Gerard Manley Hopkins |
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Author:
| Easson, Angus |
Series title: | Routledge Guides to Literature Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-415-27324-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.