G. M. Hopkins´ “The Windhover” as an Ambiguous Symbol

Gerard Manley Hopkins himself called The Windhover “the best thing he ever wrote” (Peters, 81). This could be the main motive for adding “To Christ our Lord” under the title six years after the sonnet had been written. The implied ambiguities of “The Windhover,” evoking different kinds of explanati...

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Main Author: Petra Smažilová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pardubice 2009-12-01
Series:American and British Studies Annual
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Online Access:https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2154