A Lifetime with Hopkins

In these brief, readable, and insightful essays, Fr. Milward delves into the poetry of Hopkins and his central ideas on God the Trinity, the self, nature and people.

About the author

Peter Milward, SJ is Professor Emeritus of Sophia University in Tokyo. He entered the Society of Jesus at St. Beuno's College in North Wales in 1943 and then went on to study scholastic philosophy at Heythrop College, Oxon from 1947-50 and classical and English literature at Campion Hall, Oxford from 1950-54. He taught English literature, with special attention to Shakespearian drama, at Sophia University, Toyko from 1962-96, and then at Tokyo Junshin Women's College, as dean of the faculty of Modern Culture, from 1996-2002. Fr. Milward is the founder of the Renaissance Institute and Renaissance Centre at Sophia University, and also the Chesterton Society of Japan and Hopkins Society of Japan. He is the author if innumerable books and articles both in Japan and abroad, especially on Shakespeare, Hopkins, and Chesterton.

Summary

In these brief, readable, and insightful essays, Fr. Milward delves into the poetry of Hopkins and his central ideas on God the Trinity, the self, nature and people.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Milward, Peter S.J. Milward
• Publisher: Sapientia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2007
• EAN: 9781932589221
• ISBN: 978-1-932589-22-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 215 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General