Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall
Hawker�s prose sketches appeared originally as contributions to various periodicals, and in 1870 they were published for him in book form by Mr. John Russell Smith, as �Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall.� In 1893, eighteen years after his death, a new edition was issued by Messrs. Blackwood, entitled �The Prose Works of Rev. R. S. Hawker,� containing two essays previously unpublished, �Humphrey Vivian� and �Old Trevarten.� The late Mr. J. G. Godwin, who was Hawker�s friend and adviser in literary matters, edited the volume, and added the bibliographical footnotes to the several papers. In the present edition it has been thought appropriate to revert to Hawker�s own more picturesque title, and this is to be done also in the case of his poetical works, which will shortly be re-issued as �Cornish Ballads and other Poems.� The two books will thus form companion volumes. It is interesting to read them concurrently, and to compare his treatment of the same themes in prose and verse. An[vi] attempt has been made in the notes to assist such a comparison by indicating some of the more obvious parallels. In the prose, as in the poems, there is the same deep and peculiar love of symbol and miracle and superstition, but the prose further reveals, what might not be suspected from the poems alone, that Hawker was a humourist as much as a mystic.
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Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall
Hawker�s prose sketches appeared originally as contributions to various periodicals, and in 1870 they were published for him in book form by Mr. John Russell Smith, as �Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall.� In 1893, eighteen years after his death, a new edition was issued by Messrs. Blackwood, entitled �The Prose Works of Rev. R. S. Hawker,� containing two essays previously unpublished, �Humphrey Vivian� and �Old Trevarten.� The late Mr. J. G. Godwin, who was Hawker�s friend and adviser in literary matters, edited the volume, and added the bibliographical footnotes to the several papers. In the present edition it has been thought appropriate to revert to Hawker�s own more picturesque title, and this is to be done also in the case of his poetical works, which will shortly be re-issued as �Cornish Ballads and other Poems.� The two books will thus form companion volumes. It is interesting to read them concurrently, and to compare his treatment of the same themes in prose and verse. An[vi] attempt has been made in the notes to assist such a comparison by indicating some of the more obvious parallels. In the prose, as in the poems, there is the same deep and peculiar love of symbol and miracle and superstition, but the prose further reveals, what might not be suspected from the poems alone, that Hawker was a humourist as much as a mystic.
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Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall

Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall

by Robert S. Hawker
Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall

Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall

by Robert S. Hawker

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Hawker�s prose sketches appeared originally as contributions to various periodicals, and in 1870 they were published for him in book form by Mr. John Russell Smith, as �Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall.� In 1893, eighteen years after his death, a new edition was issued by Messrs. Blackwood, entitled �The Prose Works of Rev. R. S. Hawker,� containing two essays previously unpublished, �Humphrey Vivian� and �Old Trevarten.� The late Mr. J. G. Godwin, who was Hawker�s friend and adviser in literary matters, edited the volume, and added the bibliographical footnotes to the several papers. In the present edition it has been thought appropriate to revert to Hawker�s own more picturesque title, and this is to be done also in the case of his poetical works, which will shortly be re-issued as �Cornish Ballads and other Poems.� The two books will thus form companion volumes. It is interesting to read them concurrently, and to compare his treatment of the same themes in prose and verse. An[vi] attempt has been made in the notes to assist such a comparison by indicating some of the more obvious parallels. In the prose, as in the poems, there is the same deep and peculiar love of symbol and miracle and superstition, but the prose further reveals, what might not be suspected from the poems alone, that Hawker was a humourist as much as a mystic.

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BN ID: 2940149429417
Publisher: Bronson Tweed Publishing
Publication date: 04/04/2014
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