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G. M. Hopkins´ "The Windhover" as an Ambiguous Symbol

Authors: Smažilová Petra

Year: 2009

Type of publication: článek v odborném periodiku

Name of source: American and British Studies Annual

Publisher name: Univerzita Pardubice

Place: Pardubice

Page from-to: 81-88

Titles:

Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
cze	"Poštolka" od G. M. Hopkinse jako nejasný symbol	Gerard Manley Hopkins považoval svůj sonet Poštolka za nejlepší báseň, kterou napsal. Šest let po napsání Poštolky připsal věnování "Ježíši Kristu, našemu Pánu", které ovlivnilo význam básně. Práce se zaměřila na tyto různé interpretace.	G. M. Hopkins;"Poštolka";"Ježíši Kristu, našemu Pánu"
eng	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 explanation, constitute one of the reasons why it "is probably the most written about short poem in the English language" (Pick, 1). The phrase "To Christ our Lord" accompanying the title was made central to the discussion, as it was believed to form the key ambiguity that utterly influences the meaning of the whole work. This essay concentrates on the line "To Christ our Lord" and on two different approaches to and interpretations of "The Windhover."	G. M. Hopkins; windhover

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