Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) A Study of Poetic Idiosyncrasy in Relation to Poetic Tradition by Gerard Manley Hopkins; W. H. Gardner - 1966

London : Oxford University Press , 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A complete two volume set of this fascinating exploration of the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. A complete two volume set. Reprint copies of second edition. Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English poet and Jesuit priest whose posthumous fame placed him among leading Victorian poets. The first volume contains a through examination of Hopkins's religious and philosophical affiliations and of his free personality. The second part contains a critical examination of all the greater poems and fragments written after the Wreck of the Deutschland, examining the development of the poet's art. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrappers which are smart with some fading to the spines chipping to the head and tail of the spines and light marks to the wraps. Near Fine