Vocation in the Poetry of the Priest-poets George Herbert, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and R.S. Thomas

• Author(s): Tim McKenzie,
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Pages: 267
• ISBN_10: 0773465707
  ISBN_13: 9780773465701
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / Poetry , Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Religion , Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Religion / Christianity / Literature & the Arts ,

Description:... This study examines the theme of vocation in the writing of three poets who were also priests: George Herbert, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and R.S. Thomas. Although their work spans four centuries, each of these men addressed the vocational conflicts faced by all priest-poets since the Reformation. The a