Father Hopkins, the English poet, may have been trying to substi… — Liturgy And Media” in The Critic, Vol.31, No. 3, January-February (1973), p 20, reprinted in The Medium and the Light: Reflections on Religion (1999), p 125-126

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Father Hopkins, the English poet, may have been trying to substitute syllabic for prosodic stress in English poetry, just as Frank Lloyd Wright seems to have substituted American space for European space in architecture.

Liturgy And Media” in The Critic, Vol.31, No. 3, January-February (1973), p 20, reprinted in The Medium and the Light: Reflections on Religion (1999), p 125-126

Quote #6438

Year: 1973

Chapters: Living Unity | Poetry | Space

↪ Also at #3560, #5543