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Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Product Description
A collection of the best-known poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). One of the Victorian era's greatest writers, Hopkins' reputation has continued to grow since his death.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #163595 in Books
- Published on: 2008-09-01
- Released on: 2008-09-01
- Formats: Abridged, Audiobook
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Audio CD
- 1 pages
Editorial Reviews
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A graduate of the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, England, Jeremy Northam has played many roles, including that of Saint Thomas More in Showtime's 'The Tudors'. The son of two professors, he is perfectly cast to read a poet whose best-loved works include 'That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and the comfort of the Resurrection.' Difficult lines come trippingly off his tongue. This, for instance from 'Windhover': 'daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon . . .' There are 38 poems, each beautifully wrought. I'm a middlebrow, though, and favor a prose setting for poetry. I need context, and I need to come up for air. The only way I could draw nectar from these flowers was to pick one poem and play it over and over again. --AudioFile 2008
To read Hopkins's poetry aloud, you have to be sensitive to all his chiming alliteration, assonance and idiosyncratic rhythm, and yet allow the poet's own voice to be heard. Jeremy Northam does just that, giving the listener the essence of Hopkins: the 'dearest freshness deep down things'. --Rachel Redford, The Observer
Customer Reviews
Brilliant: moody and magical
The first of 'The Great Poets' series by Naxos AudioBooks that I listened to, and my still favourite (so far)!
I was introduced to his poetry many years ago whilst still at school, and it's great to hear it come to life in this recording. Jeremy Northam's voice is perfect for the rhythm and rhyme of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poetry. The words and atmosphere keep your attention and spark your imagination. Tracks 6 ('God's Grandeur') to 13 ('Pied Beauty') work particularly well, combining both pace and passion. I was also relieved that 'No worst, there is none' was done justice.
