Audios
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An Irish folk singer adapts Hopkins's poems into songs. You can listen to a demo of "Pied Beauty."
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A selection of Hopkins's poetry read aloud, including "Pied Beauty."
Images
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A painting by the Frenchman Georges Seurat – a master of the pointillist technique – that we think Hopkins would have liked.
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A photo of Hopkins in 1888, a year before his death, wearing the collar of a Jesuit priest.
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A beautiful photo of a sky in "couple-colour."
Historical Documents
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Books
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A study of Hopkins focusing on his use of sound. Hopkins believed that "sprung rhythm" mimicked the way that people actually speak in daily conversation.
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A recent biography of the poet, focusing on his Catholicism and his relationship with his father.
Websites
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The Poetry Foundation provides a biography of Hopkins, a good selection of poems, and suggestions for further scholarly reading.
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The Hopkins literary festival is apparently "the best literary festival in Ireland," according to this website devoted to the festival. That's saying a lot for Ireland, a country that loves its literary festivals. Chew on that, James Joyce.
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You can find Hopkins on the Victorian Web, a site devoted to British writers during the reign of Queen Victoria.