Hopkins re-constructed
Subtitle: life, poetry, and the tradition
By: Justus George Lawler.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889.; Jesuits -- England -- Biography.; Christian poetry, English -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- 19th century.; Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography.; Catholics -- England -- Intellectual life.
Other titles: Hopkins reconstructed
Description: Justus George Lawler offers new readings of some of Hopkins's most celebrated poems in the light of historical and structuralist understanding of the poetic tradition, as well as in light of the Western religious and liturgical tradition that shaped Hopkins's imagination.

These structuralist principles - particularly those of complementarity - are treated in the author's Celestial Pantomime, which John Hollander described as "an ultimate act of comprehending Hopkins." Hopkins Re-Constructed carries that act even further, thus becoming of interest to general reader and specialist alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.