Green Man Hopkins

Contents AcknowledgementsMuddying the Waters: Towards a Humanist EcocriticismDefinitions: preservation, conservation, environmentalism, ecology'Deep' versus 'social' ecology Deep ecocriticism Towards a social (and humanist) ecocriticism Outline of the bookThe Trajectory of a Victorian EcologyRe-thinking romanticismParameters of a Victorian ecologyThe transition towards a Victorian ecologyJohn RuskinWilliam MorrisConclusionWays of Understanding Nature: Ecology in Hopkins' Intellectual FormationHopkins as not a poet of placeHopkins' intellectual formation: three major influencesBeginnings of an ecological philosophy: undergraduate essaysThe development of an ecological philosophy: journal writingInscape and instressDuns Scotus and Hopkins' ecological theologyConclusionFinding a Voice: The Development of a Sustainable PoetryThe search for a contemporary style of nature writingThe development of a poetic styleSprung rhythmFormation of an ecopoeticSustainable poetryHopkins in the Victorian World: From a Social to a Human EcologyHopkins as a Victorian ecological criticPoems of ecological protestHopkins, the city, and social ecopoetryHopkins, the body, and environmental healthA humanist ecopoeticDevelopment of, and retraction from, an ecological social philosophy Bewitched by the "Spell of the Sensuous": A Disenchanted Ecological Imagination The factors undermining an ecological philosophyTheological writingUnsustainable poetryDisenchantmentRe-enchantmentBibliographyIndex