Description: Compelling reflection on the theological significance of a major English poet.
Volume 26 in the Louvain Theological and Pastoral Monographs series explores the theological aesthetics of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Philip A. Ballinger unpacks the crucial terms INSCAPE and INSTRESS and shows how Hopkins was deeply influenced by John Ruskin, Ignatius of Loyola, and John Duns Scotus. In unfolding Hopkins's vision of the "poem as sacrament," Ballinger provides fresh insight into Hopkins's sense of mystery, his general theory of words, and his "Christic Rhyme Principle."
