Gerard Manley Hopkins

This study shows that above all, Hopkins is a poet who uses language in a singular way. It explores critically Hopkins' poetry in relation to his theologico-philosophical views. Sheehan shows how intricately linked are Hopkins' perceptions, the way he chose to express these in poetry and his ideas of inscape, and how these have anticipated many of the developments in the philosophy of language that took place in the twentieth century.

About the author:

Sean Sheehan has studied and taught English literature and is now a professional writer. He is the author of a recent study on anarchism and of a guide to Wittgenstein's philosophy.

80  pages

ISBN: 978-1-871551-77-8