The Poem as Sacrament (#26 in Louvain Theological & Pastoral Monographs Series)

olume 26 in the LTPM series explores the theological aesthetics of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Phillip 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."
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Volume 26 in the LTPM series explores the theological aesthetics of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Phillip 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."
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