Tag: literature and faith
G.M. Hopkin’s “God’s Grandeur”
Drs Michael Hurley, Rebekah Lamb and Jan Graffius discuss the literary and theological richness of Hopkin’s well-known poem, God’s Grandeur
Of all England’s martyrs, few left a poetical legacy as rich as St Robert Southwell
Among countless other precious possessions stored in its archives, Stonyhurst College is privileged to hold a rich collection of manuscripts of the prose and poetry of St Robert Southwell, the 16th century Jesuit martyr.
For Hopkins nature was charged with God’s glory
This article explores the inspiration that the beautiful countryside of the Ribble Valley, which surrounds Stonyhurst, provided to the Jesuit priest and poet, Father Gerard Manley Hopkins.