- 142 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Hopkins and Heidegger
About This Book
Hopkins and Heidegger is a new exploration of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poetics through the work of Martin Heidegger. More radically, Brian Willems argues that the work of Hopkins does no less than propose solutions to a number of hitherto unresolved questions regarding Heidegger's later writings, vitalizing the concepts of both writers beyond their local contexts. Willems examines a number of cross-sections between the poetry and thought of Hopkins and the philosophy of Heidegger. While neither writer ever directly addressed the other's work - Hopkins died the year Heidegger was born, 1899, and Heidegger never turns his thoughts on poetry to the Victorians - a number of similarities between the two have been noted but never fleshed out. Willems' readings of these cross-sections are centred on Hopkins' concepts of 'inscape' and 'instress' and around Heidegger's reading of both appropriation ( Ereignis ) and the fourfold ( das Geviert ).
This study will be of interest to scholars and postgraduates in both Victorian literature and Continental philosophy.
Frequently asked questions
Information
Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Inscape and Ereignis
- 2. âThe Wreck of the Deutschlandâ and the Potentiality of Ereignis
- 3. âSpelt from Sibylâs Leavesâ and the Gesture of the Fourfold
- 4. â(Carrion Comfort)â: That which is Not Itself
- Appendix: âBinsey Poplarsâ and âThe Wreck of the Deutschlandâ
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index