The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415255240)

Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Hopkins' poetry presents:

• extensive introductory comments on the contexts, critical history and interpretations of his work, from composition to the present
• annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews and critical works
• unabridged texts of twenty-nine of Hopkins' most important poems, with detailed annotations
• cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
• suggestions for futher reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Hopkins's work and seeking not only a guide to the poems, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.

Author: Alice Jenkins
ISBN-10: 0415255244
ISBN-13: 9780415255240
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2006
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.48h x 6.52w x 0.59d