Hopkins and Heidegger Brian Willems.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willems, Brian, author.

Series:

Continuum literary studies.

Continuum literary studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889--Criticism and interpretation.

Hopkins, Gerard Manley.

Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889--Philosophy.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976--Criticism and interpretation.

Heidegger, Martin.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976--Philosophy.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Inscape and Ereignis

2. 'The Wreck of the Deutschland' and the Potentiality of Ereignis

3. 'Spelt from Sibyll's Leaves' and the Gesture of the Fourfold

4. '(Carrion Comfort)': That which is Not Itself

Appendix: 'Binsey Poplars' and 'The Wreck of the Deutschland'

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-127) and index

ISBN:

9781474211437

1474211437

9781282452916

1282452916

9781441138682

1441138684

OCLC:

600169170