Date of Award
Spring 1986
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Abstract
In this study, I will trace the developmetn and history of Hopkins' struggle to realize and live by a vision of an immanent God, using as the gauge of his progress the poems, which are the celarest expressions of Hopkins' heart. I will illustrate the chronological progression of this vision in the poetry, and discuss specific poems in terms of their places in the history of Hopkins' life as a poet and a priest. I will also pay some degree of attention to linguistic innovations in the poetry, since these are manifestations of Hopkins' liberation from certain formal constraints made by the conventions of prosody in his time.
Recommended Citation
Fessler, Kathryn M., "Gerard Manley Hopkins: the struggle for poetic vision" (1986). Honors Theses. 240.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/240