Margaret Johnson

’Gerard Manley Hopkins and Tractarian Poetry is a significant addition to Hopkins criticism and an enjoyable read.’ Australasian Victorian Studies ’Johnson’s intelligent close-reading, unfussy control of secondary materials and reassuring command of the Victorian intellectual and theological milieu make for a readable and authorative study...she succeeds in showing how rich, various and strongly personalised was the poetic legacy of the Oxford Movement.’ Regent’s Reviews ’this book is among several recent inquiries that have given us a richer and fuller picture of Hopkin’s intellectually demanding work.’ Nineteenth-Century Literature ’Along the way, Johnson also demonstrates her vast theological knowledge and gives subtle explanations of shades of meaning, making the reader wish for more publications by her....’ Religion and the Arts

• Contents: Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Early Tractarian Poetry; Richard Watson Dixon; Christina Rossetti; Digby Mackworth Dolben; John Henry Newman; Hopkins' Tractarian Poetics; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Margaret Johnson

’Gerard Manley Hopkins and Tractarian Poetry is a significant addition to Hopkins criticism and an enjoyable read.’ Australasian Victorian Studies ’Johnson’s intelligent close-reading, unfussy control of secondary materials and reassuring command of the Victorian intellectual and theological milieu make for a readable and authorative study...she succeeds in showing how rich, various and strongly personalised was the poetic legacy of the Oxford Movement.’ Regent’s Reviews ’this book is among several recent inquiries that have given us a richer and fuller picture of Hopkin’s intellectually demanding work.’ Nineteenth-Century Literature ’Along the way, Johnson also demonstrates her vast theological knowledge and gives subtle explanations of shades of meaning, making the reader wish for more publications by her....’ Religion and the Arts

• Contents: Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Early Tractarian Poetry; Richard Watson Dixon; Christina Rossetti; Digby Mackworth Dolben; John Henry Newman; Hopkins' Tractarian Poetics; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Margaret Johnson

’Gerard Manley Hopkins and Tractarian Poetry is a significant addition to Hopkins criticism and an enjoyable read.’ Australasian Victorian Studies ’Johnson’s intelligent close-reading, unfussy control of secondary materials and reassuring command of the Victorian intellectual and theological milieu make for a readable and authorative study...she succeeds in showing how rich, various and strongly personalised was the poetic legacy of the Oxford Movement.’ Regent’s Reviews ’this book is among several recent inquiries that have given us a richer and fuller picture of Hopkin’s intellectually demanding work.’ Nineteenth-Century Literature ’Along the way, Johnson also demonstrates her vast theological knowledge and gives subtle explanations of shades of meaning, making the reader wish for more publications by her....’ Religion and the Arts

• Contents: Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Early Tractarian Poetry; Richard Watson Dixon; Christina Rossetti; Digby Mackworth Dolben; John Henry Newman; Hopkins' Tractarian Poetics; Notes; Bibliography; Index.