This Hopkins chronology describes the poet's family and early education, then gives a day-by-day account of what he was doing, reading and writing, and the people he met. Drawing on some material not published before, it illustrates the working life of a priest-poet whose work was not made public until more than thirty years after his death. There are additional sections on the religious and political background of a major Victorian writer whose life was essentially enigmatic and private.

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JOHN MCDERMOTT

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Acknowledgements - General Editor's Preface - Introduction - A HOPKINS CHRONOLOGY - A Note on the Tractarian Movement - A Note on the Society of Jesus - A Note on Hopkins and Ireland - A Hopkins Family Tree - A Chronology of the Poems - The Hopkins Circle - Select Bibliography - Index