‘Hopkins and Words’

Contents

Letter from the President

Introduction to Memorial Issue

Lance Pierson – A Man Who Brought Words Alive

Many Voices

‘Ah my dear’: the poetry of Herbert and Hopkins

Michael Burgess

‘The Loss of Eurydice: memories of Lance and some lexical notes’

Philip Healy

Chris Proudfoot – Word-hoarder and Linguist Extraordinaire

Many Voices

‘Eye-sharpening vision and detail’: Hopkins’ Plant Words

Jill Robson

Local Words and Places in Felix Randal: A Closer Look

Elaine Marshall

A Windfall Poem – ‘Where is Hopkins when we need him’

Gerard Garrigan O.S.B.

Book Reviews

‘The Leaves are rounded in words’: Hopkins and his Notebooks’

Clare Jones

‘A partial ‘Explanation’: collecting notes and odd pieces of paper’

Michael Burgess

‘The World offers itself to your imagination’

Brenda Harding

‘A trip around Memory Green’

Jill Robson

Poetic Pimpernel – July 2022

Kate Glover

End Piece – Hop Soc visit to St Bartholomew’s Church, Haslemere –

June 18th 2022 –Elaine Marshall

Abbreviations, List of Annual Lectures

Notes on Contributors