Jul 7, 2023
Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. (1844-1889) is among the poets greatest
beloved by Catholics. Instantly accessible in its considerable musical
qualities, Hopkins’s poetry can nonetheless puzzle us with its
idiosyncratic syntax, elliptical phrasing, and even invented phrases.
Thus the necessity for an annotated assortment of his poems, which,
surprisingly, didn’t exist till the current publication (by Phrase
on Fireplace) of As Kingfishers Catch Fireplace: Chosen and Annotated
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, edited by Holly Ordway. Holly
returns to the podcast to provide an introduction to Hopkins; she and
Thomas focus on 4 of his poems: “The Windhover”, “Carrion
Consolation”, “Persistence”, and “As Kingfishers Catch Fireplace”.
Hyperlinks
As Kingfishers Catch Fireplace: Chosen and Annotated Poems of
Gerard Manley Hopkins
https://bookstore.wordonfire.org/merchandise/as-kingfishers-catch-fire
Holly Ordway, Tolkien’s Religion: A Religious Biography
https://www.amazon.com/Tolkiens-Religion-Religious-Holly-Ordway/dp/1685789919
Expanded version of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
https://www.amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0358652987/
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