Mortal Beauty, God's Grace: Major Poems and Spiritual Writings of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375725661)

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.'

This collection contains not only all of Hopkins' significant poetry, but also selections from his journals, sermons, and letters, all chosen for their spiritual guidance and insight. Hopkins didn't allow the publication of most of his poems during his lifetime, so his genius was not appreciated until after his death. Now, more than a hundred years later, his words are still a source of inspiration and sheer infectious joy in the radiance of God's creation.

Author: Gerard Manley Hopkins
ISBN-10: 0375725660
ISBN-13: 9780375725661
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2003
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.19w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 11/10/2003 pg. 59
Library Journal 11/15/2003 pg. 67
Publishers Weekly 11/10/2003