Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins

<p>Taking the form of a sourcebook this guide to Hopkins’ poetry presents:</p><ul> <li>extensive introductory comments on the contexts critical history and interpretations of his work from composition to the present</li> <li>annotated extracts from key contextual documents reviews and critical works</li> <li>unabridged texts of twenty-nine of Hopkins’ most important poems with detailed annotations</li> <li>cross-references between documents and sections of the guide in order to suggest links between texts contexts and criticism</li> <li>suggestions for futher reading.</li> </ul><p>Part of the <em>Routledge Guides to Literature</em> series this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Hopkins’s work and seeking not only a guide to the poems but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.</p>