| #484994 in Books | 2003-12-02 | 2003-12-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.59 x5.21l,.55 | File type: PDF | 240 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Beautiful Poetry|By Lisa Chakerian|I read this in college and have no idea where my original copy ended up from 40 years ago. But now I'm retired and I wistfully recalled bits of one of his poems, so bought this new copy. I was so excited to find the same book I had way back when! Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of my favorite poets of all times.|1 of 1 people found the follow|From Publishers Weekly|When most people today hear the name Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), they remember him as a British poet. But during his lifetime he was known primarily as a Jesuit priest, a zealous Roman Catholic who converted from Anglicanism at the
Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of English poetry's most brilliant stylistic innovators, and one of the most distinguished poets of any age. However, during his lifetime he was known not as a poet but as a Jesuit priest, and his faith was essential to his work. His writings combine an intense feeling for nature with an ecstatic awareness of its divine origins, most remarkably expressed in his magnificent and highly original 'sprung rhythm.'
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You easily download any file type for your gadget.Mortal Beauty, God's Grace: Major Poems and Spiritual Writings of Gerard Manley Hopkins | Gerard Manley Hopkins. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
