Reckoning up the Ellipses in Hopkins's Poetry.

An essay about the ellipses in the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. The author suggests that the three ellipses are neither simple nor undemanding. She talks about how the ellipses has signified profound textual and editorial undecidability. She also tackles the use of ellipses in the various works...

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Published in:Hopkins Quarterly Vol. 40; no. 3-4; pp. 69 - 95
Main Author: Higgins, Lesley
Format: Essay
Published: International Hopkins Association Summer/Fall2013
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Summary:An essay about the ellipses in the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. The author suggests that the three ellipses are neither simple nor undemanding. She talks about how the ellipses has signified profound textual and editorial undecidability. She also tackles the use of ellipses in the various works of Hopkins such as the poem "The Wreck of the Deutschland."