| Description |
1 online resource (179 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Nineteenth Century Series |
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Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 'Rare-Dear Gerard': Hopkins and the Early Fathers; 2 Divine Labour: Contemplation, Energeia, Stress; 3 Tractarian Mysticism and the Deification of the Soul; 4 Baptism and Ascent: Created Corruptible, Raised Incorruptible; 5 Sacramental Typology and Second Nature; 6 Origen and the Song of Songs; 7 The Visible and Invisible in Augustine's Confessions; 8 Emblems of the Heart; 9 Love, Spirit, Breath, Fire; 10 The Paradise Within; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"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. Typology and allegory are some of the important hermeneutic tools used in this re-reading of Hopkins, relating the poet to the discursive tradition surrounding 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."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 15, 2018) |
| Subject |
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889. Wreck of the Deutschland
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| SUBJECT |
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 fast |
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Wreck of the Deutschland (Hopkins, Gerard Manley) fast |
| Subject |
Mysticism in literature.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Mysticism in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429013829 |
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0429013825 |
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9780429506277 |
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0429506279 |
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