Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins (July 28, 1844 - June 8, 1889) was a British Victorian poet and Jesuit priest, whose verse has been widely admired for the vividness of its expression.

Readings of Hopkins' Poetry

Richard Austin reads the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins in

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BACK to BEAUTY'S GIVER

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ISBN 0-9548188-0-6

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Published November 2003

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27 poems, including: The Wreck Of The Deutschland, God's Grandeur, The Windhover, Pied Beauty and Binsley Poplars, as well as the 'Terrible Sonnets' marking Hopkins' spiritual struggle with despair.

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