Gerard Manley Hopkins

by Norman White

Book Overview

The three years Gerard Manley Hopkins spent at the Jesuit college at St. Beuno's in the vale of Clwyd were the most important of his authorial life - perhaps his whole life.

He wrote for the first time in seven years - including his classic sonnets - and St Beuno's was his literary testing ground. Here he encountered the Welsh language and its poetry which were to be such a distinctive influence on his work. Such was the impact of St Beuno's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854112171
• ISBN13: 9781854112170
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Seren Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"