The atmospheres of Gerard Manley Hopkins
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: English Language and Literatures, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Page, Connor
issued: 2024-04-12T15:43:32Z
issued: 2024
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: In the journals of Victorian poet, priest, and scholar Gerard Manley Hopkins, the most basic stimulus for writing is meteorological. A catalogue of âfine,â âfair,â âdull,â and âfoggyâ days keeps the time of personal history. Among the few writings he published during his lifetime are meteorological observations contributed to the popular science journal Nature; responding in part to the after-effects of Krakatoaâs 1883 eruption, these letters are part of a collective project of understanding local weather in connection to a trans-regional, planetary climate. Hopkinsâs poetry, meanwhile, returns consistently to the distinctive movements and metamorphoses of clouds and winds. This thesis investigates Hopkinsâs engagement with atmospheric science, reading his poetry in dialogue with the global meteorological conversations transacted in Nature in which he enthusiastically participated during the 1880s. The methods of the recent âatmospheric turnâ in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century studies, I suggest, provide a fruitful point of contact between the concerns of Hopkinsâs ecocritics and canonical accounts of his scientific interests. While Hopkinsâs characteristic attention to the air reflects the historical emergence of knowledge infrastructures capable of diagnosing and debating atmospheric disruption on a planetary scale, it also bears witness to the accumulating and accelerating geophysical changes named by the Anthropocene. I argue that Hopkinsâs works reimagine the dimensions of this newly dynamic atmosphere, taking up its experimental materials to test the boundaries of a structure of feeling and ethical concern accommodating discontinuities in both space and time.
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note: THE ATMOSPHERES OF GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS by CONNOR PAGE B.Mus., The University of British Columbia, 2021 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (English) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) April 2024 © Connor Page, 2024 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: The Atmospheres of Gerard Manley Hopkins submitted by Connor Page in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English Examining Committee: Pamela Dalziel, Associate Professor, English, UBC Supervisor Vin Nardizzi, Associate Professor, English, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Alexander Dick, Associate Professor, English, UBC Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract In the journals of Victorian poet, priest, and scholar Gerard Manley Hopkins, the most basic stimulus for writing is meteorological. A catalogue of âfine,â âfair,â âdull,â and âfoggyâ days keeps the time of personal history. Among the few writings he published during his lifetime are meteorological observations contributed to the popular science journal Nature; responding in part to the after-effects of Krakatoaâs 1883 eruption, these letters are part of a collective project of understanding local weather in connection to a trans-regional, planetary climate. Hopkinsâs poetry, meanwhile, returns consistently to the distinctive movements and metamorphoses of clouds and winds. This thesis investigates Hopkinsâs engagement with atmospheric science, reading his poetry in dialogue with the global meteorological conversations transacted in Nature in which he enthusiastically participated during the 1880s. The methods of the recent âatmospheric turnâ in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century studies, I suggest, provide a fruitful point of contact between the concerns of Hopkinsâs ecocritics…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2024-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0441328
language: eng
degree discipline: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Dalziel, Pamela
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87775