Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Classical Background and Critical Reception of His Work
Year: 1968
Type: article
Abstract: tabulates all authors to whom Hopkins actually refers in his papers.Her tabulation indicates that his reading in classical literature and scholarship was extensive and thorough, his knowledge of theological writing and English literature of the nineteenth century wide.But his reading in English before, say, 17 50 was limited and to a modern eye unbalanced, and his knowl edge of Continental literature of his own time very thin.This pattern is evident in his choice of illustrative examples through out his prose
Source: Books Abroad
DOI: 10.2307/40122201
Authors: Robert D. Spector, Todd K. Bender
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W560940649