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Gerard Manley Hopkins

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"The Windhover" is a sonnet by English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. It was first published posthumously in 1918 in the collection Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Dedicated to "Christ our Lord," the poem features a speaker observing a bird hovering and swooping down to earth. The bird becomes, for the speaker, a symbol of the beauty and majesty of God's creation.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins Biographies (4)

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Although the English author and Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) wrote no more than 40 mature poems, he is regarded as one of the major English poets.Gerard Manley Hopkins was born at Stratfor... Read more

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of the three or four greatest poets of the Victorian era. He is regarded by different readers as the greatest Victorian poet of religion, of nature, or of melancholy. Howe... Read more

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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While Gerard Manley Hopkins's importance as a Victorian poet is well established, his significance as a Victorian prose writer is not as fully recognized. This is, perhaps, because his prose did not a... Read more

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Biography EssayGerard Manley Hopkins is one of the three or four greatest poets of the Victorian era and one of its most original prose writers. He is regarded by different readers as the greatest Vic... Read more

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