"The Caged Skylark:" A Psychobiographical Portrait of G. M. Hopkins

"The Caged Skylark:" A Psychobiographical Portrait of G. M. Hopkins

A timely psychobiographical reevaluation of Gerard Manley Hopkins reveals that he suffered from manic-depression, with its accompanying characteristics. Through his poetry Hopkins attempted to adapt creatively to this condition, a strategy nowhere more evident that in the "dark" sonnets of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biography (Honolulu) 1995-04, Vol.18 (2), p.134-157
1. Verfasser: Johnson, George M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Ambivalence
Bipolar disorder
Depressive disorders
Mental illness
Mothers
Parents
Poetry
Religious poetry
Society of Jesus
Sonnets
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Zusammenfassung:A timely psychobiographical reevaluation of Gerard Manley Hopkins reveals that he suffered from manic-depression, with its accompanying characteristics. Through his poetry Hopkins attempted to adapt creatively to this condition, a strategy nowhere more evident that in the "dark" sonnets of 1885.
ISSN:0162-4962
1529-1456
1529-1456
DOI:10.1353/bio.2010.0081