Hopkins: Theologian's Poet

by Aidan Nichols

The eminent theologian, Aidan Nichols, OP, plunges into the depths of the great nineteenth-century Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. Nichols's profound insights into the theological meanings of Hopkins's poems exhibit the truth of beauty and the beauty of truth.

Genres: Poetry

226 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2006

About the author

John Christopher "Aidan" Nichols O.P., S.T.M. (born 17 September 1948) is an English academic and Catholic priest.

Nichols served as the first John Paul II Memorial Visiting Lecturer at the University of Oxford for 2006 to 2008, the first lectureship of Catholic theology at that university since the Reformation. He is a member of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) and is the Prior of St Michael the Archangel in Cambridge.

Reviews

[Sskous]

very interested to read this book. Hopkins is one of my favorite poets,and Nichols one of my favorite theologians. Nichols writes much of beauty as he unveils truth in his works; Hopkins sought truth in and through beauty. I'm excited to see what Nichols does with Hopkins.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marvelous selection and helpful commentary.