Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1884) was an English poet and Jesuit priest whose posthumous fame made him one of the top Victorian poets.

His prosody manipulations, as well as his analysis of sprung rhythm and use of imagery, established him as a prolific writer of verse.

Nature and faith were two of his main topics.

Robert Bridges was only after his death that he began to publish a few of Hopkins' mature poems in anthologies, in the hopes of broadening recognition of his style.

His work was listed as one of the twentieth century's most original literary accomplishments.

T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and C. Day Lewis were all influential twentieth-century writers.

Early life and family

Gerard Manley Hopkins was born in Stratford, Essex (now in Greater London) as the eldest of probably nine children to Manley and Catherine Hopkins, née Smith. He was christened at St John's, an Anglican church in Stratford, Anglican. His father founded a marine insurance company and spent time in London as the Hawaiian consul general. He was also a churchwarden at St John-at-Hampstead for a time. His grandfather, John Simm Smith, was a university colleague of John Keats and a close friend of eccentric philanthropist Ann Thwaytes. Charles Gordon Hopkins, a Hawaiian Kingdom politician, was one of his uncles.

Hopkins' father, A Philosopher's Stone and Other Poems (1843), Pietas Metrica (1849), and A Gathering of Verses by Manley Hopkins (1892), which was Hopkins' father. He wrote one book and wrote poetry for The Times. Catherine (Smith) Hopkins was the niece of a London physician, particularly fond of music and reading, especially German philosophy, literature, and Dickens' books. Both parents were deeply religious, particularly high-church Anglicans. Catherine Smith Giberne's sister, Maria Smith Giberne, taught her nephew Gerard to sketch. Edward Smith, his uncle, Edward Smith, his great-uncle Richard James Lane, a trained artist, and other family members all expressed their support. Hopkins' initial aspiration was to be a painter, and he'd continue to sketch throughout his life and was inspired as an adult by John Ruskin's Pre-Raphaelites' work.

Hopkins made a fine draughtsman. He discovered that his early studies in graphic art aided him in his later work as a poet. The creative arts, language, tradition, and the creative arts all inspired his siblings. Milicent (1849–1946) was a member of an Anglican brotherhood in 1878. Kate (1856-1923) will assist Hopkins in the first edition of his poetry. Grace (1857-1945), Hopkins' youngest sister, set several of his poems to music. Lionel (1854–1952) became a world-famous Chinese expert on archaic and colloquial Chinese. Arthur (1848-1930) and Everard (1860–1928) were both highly successful artists. Cyril (1846–1922) will join his father's insurance company.

Manley Hopkins and his family immigrated to Hampstead in 1852, near where John Keats had lived 30 years before and is close to the green spaces of Hampstead Heath. Gerard was sent to board at Highgate School (1854–1863) as a ten-year-old boy. "The Escorial" (1860), Keats' earliest extant poem, was written while researching Keats' poetry. He demonstrated early asceticism in this forum. He once claimed that the majority of people consumed more liquids than they really needed, and bet that he could go without alcohol for a week. He persisted until his tongue was black and he collapsed at drill. He stopped salt for a week on another occasion. Richard Watson Dixon, one of his Highgate tutors, became a lifelong friend and reporter. The poet Philip Stanhope Worsley was one of the older students Hopkins remembers in his boarding house.

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