عنوان

"By a Grey-Eye's Heed"

Number

LA125549

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

"By a Grey-Eye's Heed"

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ann Marie Klein

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

In "Harry Ploughman," Gerard Manley Hopkins describes an agrarian laborer in nautical terms to illustrate how work itself becomes a propeller for life's voyage. The dynamics of sound due to the sonnet's rhythm, syntax, and structure imitate the atmosphere and movements of both farmer and ship. By echoing images from "The Wreck of the Deutschland," Hopkins points to the crucial roles of conscience and grace for guiding action, but not only toward material results. More importantly, they direct the worker toward selfless integrity and conviction, toward greater fullness of being. Hopkins's polysemous portrayal alludes to the expertise needed for navigating challenges on land, at sea, and in verse. Hopkins's mastery, like that of all workers who proceed with intensity in response to divine promptings or "stress," serves as a vehicle for conducting souls to their eternal harbor. The sonnet's maritime associations, as well as the multivalence of its eye, breath, and child images resonate in Hopkins's spiritual writings and thereby highlight the vocational aspect of human labor. In "Harry Ploughman," Gerard Manley Hopkins describes an agrarian laborer in nautical terms to illustrate how work itself becomes a propeller for life's voyage. The dynamics of sound due to the sonnet's rhythm, syntax, and structure imitate the atmosphere and movements of both farmer and ship. By echoing images from "The Wreck of the Deutschland," Hopkins points to the crucial roles of conscience and grace for guiding action, but not only toward material results. More importantly, they direct the worker toward selfless integrity and conviction, toward greater fullness of being. Hopkins's polysemous portrayal alludes to the expertise needed for navigating challenges on land, at sea, and in verse. Hopkins's mastery, like that of all workers who proceed with intensity in response to divine promptings or "stress," serves as a vehicle for conducting souls to their eternal harbor. The sonnet's maritime associations, as well as the multivalence of its eye, breath, and child images resonate in Hopkins's spiritual writings and thereby highlight the vocational aspect of human labor.

Date of Publication

2018

Physical description

501-517

Title

Religion and the Arts

Volume Number

22/4

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5292

Subject Term

agrarian labor

Subject Term

grace

Subject Term

Hopkins

Subject Term

nautical

Subject Term

navigate

Subject Term

plough

Subject Term

ship

Subject Term

vocation

Ann Marie Klein

Call Number

10.1163/15685292-02204007

Electronic name

p

[Article]

275578

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