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15%OFFNorman White - Hopkins in Ireland - 9781900621724 - V9781900621724
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Hopkins in Ireland

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Description for Hopkins in Ireland Paperback. Gerard Manley Hopkins spent five unhappy years in Ireland before his death in 1889, during which time he wrote perhaps the most interesting group of all his poems. Working outwards from Hopkins's most intimate creations, author Norman White examines the poet's complicated and troubled personality. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w plates, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Gerard Manley Hopkins spent five unhappy years in Ireland before his death in 1889, during which time he wrote perhaps the most interesting group of all his poems. Although he is one of the most well known and liked of poets, he is still one of the least understood. This is a full-length study of Hopkins's time in Ireland, when he was Professor of Classics at University College Dublin, and it is both a biography and a critical account of the poetry. Norman White examines the poet's personality and shows him as a sick and self-lacerating human being. This is ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
432g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781900621724
SKU
V9781900621724
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Reviews for Hopkins in Ireland
[White] treats each poem in great detail, placing each in the context of the poet's experiences of Ireland at a particular moment in his life and examining the way in which the poem is a reflection of Hopkins' mental biography. Bookview Ireland June 2002 Award winning biographer of Hopkins, White with cool expertise fills in ... Read more

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