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