Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins was among the most innovative writers of the Victorian period. Experimental and idiosyncratic, his work remains important for any student of nineteenth-century literature and culture.

This guide to Hopkins’ life and work offers:

• a detailed account of Hopkins life and creative development
• an extensive introduction to Hopkins’ poems, their critical history and the many interpretations of his work
• cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to ...