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Gerard Manley Hopkins
Francis (Frank) McAloon is Assistant Professor of Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. He's a Hopkins scholar and loves teaching Christian spirituality and Hopkins. One of the courses he teaches is: Prayers, Poetry, and Hopkins. show more

Francis (Frank) McAloon is Assistant Professor of Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. He's a Hopkins scholar and loves teaching Christian spirituality and Hopkins. One of the courses he teaches is: Prayers, Poetry, and Hopkins.
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Birth date: July 28, 1844
Died: June 08, 1889
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StevenPerry
StevenPerry rated it 6 years ago
I don't know if this is Mauriac's best but I can see why Nabokov loved it so much. It reminds me a lot of Pnin if Pnin wasn't so weak-willed, and of Becket's Molloy with a more "realistic" context and a much meaner main character. Meaner but somehow lovable, very much like a Nabokovian character.
Url Phantomhive
Url Phantomhive rated it 7 years ago
The second of Penguin's Little Black Classics shows a collection of poems of Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. Unfortunately, they were not my taste and failed for the most part to hold my attention. One nice little detail I wanted to point out though. I'm sure it has happened to a lot of us for...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 8 years ago
The thing about Hopkins is that you need to read him outloud. His poetry truly works when you are listening to the word play and sound.This edition also includes part of his journal. That part is okay. He really loves nature.
XLeptodactylous
XLeptodactylous rated it 9 years ago
"Graceful growth of Etzkoltzias or however those unhappy flowers are spelt."19th Century poetry and journal entries from Gerard Manley Hopkins, a Victorian priest with the most beautiful grasp on language I have ever encountered. The poetry should be read aloud as it is delivered quickly, with onoma...
MarginMan
MarginMan rated it 9 years ago
The fourth, and final, Dover poetry anthology I am reviewing. As with the others, it is an easily portable, inexpensive book. Includes work by 58 poets. Ten were born before 1600, another six in the 17th century, twelve in the 18th century, and two in the 20th century. So 28 were born in the 19th c...
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