Hopkins: The Mystic Poets
Discover How Hopkins's Spiritual Life and Vision Can Enlighten Your Own
"Poetry and art and music seize upon the human experience in ways that reveal new possibilities of intimacy with the Divine. In the way they reach out and grab us by the heart at unexpected times, they reaffirm that the Holy will meet us when it chooses.…"
—from the Preface by Rev. Thomas Ryan, CSP
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Christian mystical poet, is beloved for his use of fresh language and startling metaphors to describe the world around him. Beneath the surface of this lovely verse lies a searching soul, wrestling with and yearning for God. Hopkins writes from a Christian background, and yet his themes speak to people of all faiths who seek a deeper understanding of the presence of God in all of life.
This beautiful sampling of Hopkins's poetry offers a glimpse into his unique spiritual vision that continues to inspire readers throughout the world. The poems unite his two devotions, presenting mystical images of Christ in the natural world, which serve as a window through which you might also begin to see the Divine Presence in the world around you.
We earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.
Book details
- Author
- Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 112
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Poetry › Subjects & Themes › Religious
- Topics
- religious poetry · Christian mysticism · Catholic poetry · spiritual vision · mystical poetry · intimacy with God
- ISBN-13
- 9781594730108 (Hardcover)9781683361152 (Paperback)
About the author
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS was a Catholic priest, Jesuit, and university teacher who wrote poetry throughout his adult life. He is the author of God’s Grandeur.
Hopkins was born in England in 1844 and converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism before joining the Society of Jesuits in 1868. Though he continued writing after his conversion, he burned most of his early poems and published very little during his lifetime. The first collection of his poems, edited by his friend Robert Bridges, appeared in 1918, nearly three decades after Hopkins died in 1889.