Anglo-Saxonism

Date

2025-01-16

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

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Book chapter

Peer reviewed

Yes

Abstract

This chapter examines the rise of Anglo-Saxonism as a political and cultural movement in the nineteenth century, and examines the ways in which it influenced the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, paying particular attention to his use of formal and metrical devices associated with Anglo-Saxon poetry as these were understood at the time.

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Keywords

HUMANITIES and RELIGION, Nineteenth Century, Poetry, Philology, Anglo-Saxonism

Citation

Phelan, J. (2025) Anglo-Saxonism. In: M. Dubois (ed.) Gerard Manley Hopkins in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 69-77

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Research Institute

Institute of Humanities and Political Studies