Hopkins variations
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"Unknown as a poet at his death in 1889, Gerard Manley Hopkins is now hailed as one of the finest poets of Victorian England. He is particularly notable as a poet of nature and ecology, of psychological anguish, and of religion. A Jesuit priest and master of word and sound, Gerard Hopkins has won poetic fame throughout the world, even in such unlikely lands as Japan and Israel.".
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"Hopkins Variations celebrates this fame with essays from women and men of thirteen countries on four continents: Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, and the United States. The fifty-five writers are highly diverse: poets, actors, professors of literature, graduate students, translators, theologians, an artist, a philosopher, a novelist, and a composer."—BOOK JACKET.
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American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics
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Sleeping on the Wing: An Anthology of Modern Poetry with Essays on Reading and Writing
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Her Words: Diverse Voices In Contemporary Appalachian Womens Poetry