Hopkins and Early English Riddling: Solving The Windhover?
The article discusses James Finn Cotter's sonnet "The Windhover" which was written during Hopkin's time in Wales. Welsh poetry was not the only influence upon his work, although Hopkins was intrigued by Welsh poetics. According to the author, an intertextual reading of the poem, when viewed through...
| Publicado en: | Colloquy: Text Theory Critique no. 21; pp. 25 - 38 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Monash University, Faculty of Arts
Nov2011
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| Sumario: | The article discusses James Finn Cotter's sonnet "The Windhover" which was written during Hopkin's time in Wales. Welsh poetry was not the only influence upon his work, although Hopkins was intrigued by Welsh poetics. According to the author, an intertextual reading of the poem, when viewed through the lens of the genre of the Anglo-Saxon riddle, has the capacity to shed light on "The Windhover." |
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