Hopkins

by Hopkins, Gerard Manley

• ISBN13: 9781594730108
• ISBN10: 1594730105
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Skylight Paths Pub

Summary

Gerard Manley Hopkins, Christian mystical poet, is beloved for his use of fresh language and startling metaphors to describe the world around him. Beneath the surface of this lovely verse lies a searching soul, wrestling with and yearning for God. Hopkins writes from a Christian background, and yet his themes speak to people of all faiths who seek a deeper understanding of the presence of God in all of life. This beautiful sampling of Hopkins's poetry offers a glimpse into his unique spiritual vision that continues to inspire readers throughout the world. The poems unite his two devotions, presenting mystical images of Christ in the natural world, which serve as a window through which you might also begin to see the Divine Presence in the world around you. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of the most important English-language poets of the past two centuries. His work went unpublished during his lifetime and was written primarily as a form of spiritual practice. His friend and fellow poet Robert Bridges first introduced these remarkable poems to a wide audience in a 1918 edition

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(10)
Rev. Thomas Ryan
Who Is Gerard Manley Hopkins?	11	(4)
A Short Introduction to Hopkins's Mysticism	15	(12)
Excerpts from His Sermons	20	(7)
A Short Introduction to the Poems	27	(18)
Excerpts from Hopkins's Writings about Poetry	27	(6)
From Robert Bridges's Preface to the 1918 Edition	33	(12)
The Poems	45	(46)
Notes	91	(2)
Index of Poems (by title)	93	(2)
Index of First Lines	95	(2)
Other Books in The Mystic Poets Series	97	(1)
About SkyLight Paths	98