Fine Delight That Fathers Thought: Rhetoric and Medievalism in Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Marucci (English, U. of Venice) places the work of British poet Hopkins (1844-89) within its semiotic context and interprets its rhetoric according the ends it attains. He also argues against the prevailing opinion that Hopkins traded his own cultural codes for a set of medieval ones after his conversion to Catholicism. First published in Italian in 1981. No subject index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian


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Marucci (English, U. of Venice) places the work of British poet Hopkins (1844-89) within its semiotic context and interprets its rhetoric according the ends it attains. He also argues against the prevailing opinion that Hopkins traded his own cultural codes for a set of medieval ones after his conversion to Catholicism. First published in Italian in 1981. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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