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Gerard Manley Hopkins
28/07/1844 04:15
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Canary Wharf
England
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Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English poet and Jesuit priest whose work, only widely recognized after his death, ranks among the most original literary advances of the nineteenth century. Known for prosodic innovation—especially the concept of “sprung rhythm”—and for vivid language that fuses religious devotion with close observation of nature, Hopkins renewed Victorian poetry by seeking to express praise of God through intense imagery and distinctive rhythm. A classics graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, he sustained decisive intellectual friendships, notably with the poet Robert Bridges, who later edited and published his posthumous works, enabling their critical acceptance. His conversion to Catholicism and entry into the Society of Jesus shaped both his personal life and the religious, ascetic themes present in many poems. Besides poetry, Hopkins was a talented draftsman, strongly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite tradition and by critics such as John Ruskin; this visual training contributed to the imagistic density of his verse. He is remembered today as a key figure in the metrical modernization of English poetry and for a legacy that influenced later generations of poets.
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