The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins - A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Paperback, New edition)

Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Hopkinsa (TM) poetry presents:

• extensive introductory comments on the contexts, critical history and interpretations of his work, from composition to the present
• annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews and critical works
• unabridged texts of twenty-nine of Hopkinsa (TM) most important poems, with detailed annotations
• cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
• suggestions for futher reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Hopkinsa (TM)s work and seeking not only a guide to the poems, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.