A Hopkins Reader Author:Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Pick "John Pick's anthology of Hopkins' poetry and prose contains within a single volume all the essentials of Hopkins' devotion to poetry, criticism, religion, and art; it is difficult to think of how or by whom a better book of its kind could be made...Whatever future readers of poetry may change, as it does so frequently, it is now fairly certain ... more »that the best of Hopkins' writings will continue to be read by those who seen in poetry religious devotion, purity of spirit, even the earthly glory of the Christian world. And for the present and for the general reader, the best guide to Hopkins is John Pick's anthology." -New York Times
The above was written when "A Hopkins Reader" was first published more than ten years ago. This Image edition - especially revised by Dr. Pick - contains not only all of the original selections but has been substantially enlarged. Dr. Pick has updated his Introduction, and added more letters, and a poetry Index. Most important of all, he has included an additional eighteen poems, so that this edition contains all of Hopkins' completed, mature poems, and has added an entirely new section of Notes on the poetry, making this the most comprehensive, one-volume collection of Gerard Manley Hopkins' literary work available in any edition.« less