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White, Norman, 1937-

Hopkins : a literary biography / Norman White - Oxford : Clarendon, 1992 - xviii,531p,[8] leaves of plates : ill, facsims, ports ; 24cm

Bibliography: p[511]-522. - Includes index.

A biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins, setting out to present the poet's life in relation to his writings - both the finished poems and the notebooks, letters and drafts which he left. The author finds in Hopkins' life a succession of turmoils rather than a settled ideological position.

ISBN: 9780198120995 9780198120995 £35.00

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Catholics--Intellectual life--England
Christian poetry, English--History and criticism--19th century
Christian poetry, English--Catholic authors--History and criticism
Poets, English--19th century--Biography
Jesuits--England--Biography
Biography: general
Literary studies: poetry & poets

Dewey Class. No.: 821.8