Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Hopkins's Manifesto -- 'Poetry and Verse'; 1 Sprung Rhythm: The Music of Speech; 2 Sprung Rhythm: The Music of Verse; 3 Lettering: Rhyme 'Widely' Understood; 4 'Inscape' and Poetic Meaning; 5 Poetry as the Language of the Body; Conclusion: 'The Music of His Mind' -- Hopkins's Poetry and His Poetics; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
Summary
A well-researched and highly detailed book, Hopkins's Poetics of Speech Sound asserts major significance for a relatively neglected aspect of this important poet's writings