Abstract
Through the lens of Hopkins's 'masterwork', The Philosophical Mysticism of Gerard Manley Hopkins readdresses Hopkins's frequently overlooked mysticism as an interior narrative within his corpus. Drawing on a range of religious, literary and visual traditions from Augustine's Confessions to the seventeenth-century spiritual emblem, this book demonstrates the ways in which the Wreck deliberately constructs and conceals a mystical and contemplative narrative. Hopkins's poetry and prose is related to the Old Testament Song of Songs, the philosophical theology of the Greek Fathers, and, perhaps most intriguingly, the meditative and visual tradition of the baroque heart-emblem. On the centenary of the publication of Hopkins’s poems, this book places the writer firmly within a mystical tradition, necessitating a fundamental reconsideration of the legacy of this major Victorian poet.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Routledge |
Number of pages | 190 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429506277 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781138093904, 9780367666804 |
Publication status | Published - 23 Apr 2018 |
Publication series
Name | The Nineteenth Century Series |
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Publisher | Routledge |
Keywords
- Hopkins
- Victorian studies
- Song of Songs
- Augustine
- emblems
- mysticism
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Aakanksha Virkar
- School of Humanities and Social Science - Senior Lecturer
- Centre for Design History
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