G. M. Hopkins

The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins was among the most innovative writing of the Victorian period. Hopkins was an experimental and idiosyncratic writer whose work remains important for any student of Victorian literature.Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Hopkins' poetry offers:- extensive introductory comment 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's most important poems, with detailed annotations- cross-references between documents and sections of the guide,inorder to suggestlinks between texts, contexts and criticism- suggestions for further reading.Part of the Routledge Guides to Literatureseries, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Hopkins' work and seeking not only a guide to the poems, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.Easson, Angus is the author of 'G. M. Hopkins', published 2008 under ISBN 9780415273244 and ISBN 0415273242.