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1. The laurel and the poppy;: A novel about the life of Francis Thompson, 1859-1907, by Margaret Gillett | |
Unknown Binding: 313
Pages
(1967)
Asin: B0006BNQ54 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
2. Biography - Thompson, Francis Joseph (1859-1907): An article from: Contemporary Authors by Gale Reference Team | |
Digital: 4
Pages
(2002-01-01)
list price: US$9.95 -- used & new: US$9.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B0007SFPPU Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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3. Shelley; an essay by Francis, 1859-1907 Thompson | |
Kindle Edition:
Pages
(1998-06-01)
list price: US$0.99 -- used & new: US$0.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B000JMLF8U Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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4. SELECTED POEMS OF FRANCIS THOMPSON. by Francis (1859-1907). Thompson | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1915)
Asin: B000JQXVJ2 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
5. SISTER - SONGS.An Offering to Two Sisters. by Francis (1859 - 1907). Thompson | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1895)
Asin: B000NYKTUE Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. Francis Thompson: A Critical Biography by Paul Van K. Thomson | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1973-06)
list price: US$45.00 Isbn: 0877521557 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
7. The Hound of Heaven: A Contemporary Translation of a Timeless Masterpiece by Gordon MacDonald, Francis Thompson | |
Hardcover: 80
Pages
(1996-12)
list price: US$12.99 -- used & new: US$16.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1563841371 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
8. Francis Thompson (Twayne's English Authors Series) by Beverly Taylor | |
Hardcover: 158
Pages
(1987-01)
list price: US$34.00 Isbn: 0805769307 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
9. Francis Thompson: The Poet of Earth and Heaven by R. L. Megroz | |
Hardcover: 288
Pages
(1971-01)
list price: US$39.00 -- used & new: US$58.94 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0403006651 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
10. Between Heaven and Charing Cross : The Life of Francis Thompson by Brigid M. Boardman | |
Hardcover: 352
Pages
(1988-09-10)
list price: US$55.00 Isbn: 0300041438 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
11. The Hound of Heaven: A Pictorial Sequence by R. H. Ives Gammell, Brigid M. Boardman, Francis Thompson | |
Hardcover: 144
Pages
(1994-06)
list price: US$45.00 -- used & new: US$85.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1879041162 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Crappy to the third power |
12. Poetry As Prayer: The Hound of Heaven (Poetry as Prayer Series) by Robert G. Waldron, Francis Thompson | |
Paperback: 139
Pages
(1999-04)
list price: US$9.95 Isbn: 0819859141 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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4.3 stars: Dejection and Glory Waldron's book sets out to do four things: (a) Provide biographical information about the poet; (b) Introduce us to his most famous poem; (c) Explicate the text, open it up, provide comparisons to other works of literature, devotional and poetic; (d) Demonstrate how most good poetry can be used as material for prayer -- the striking and famous example to which Waldron alludes is Simone Weil's "lectio divina" with George Herbert's "Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back." Waldron turns an indulgent eye to the aesthetic flaws of "The Hound of Heaven":among them, the archaisms, accented ed's, and overuse of syntactical inversion -- poets in Wordsworth's day would have been impatient with some of Thompson's prosodical traits!And some of the comparisons are adventurous.But we certainly cannot find fault with Waldron's thorough knowledge of his subject, and the evident joy with which he writes."The Hound" is a grand metaphor which has inspired artists, writers, and inquirers into the mysteries of the Catholic faith; Waldron cites Dorothy Day, Eugene O'Neill, and the painter Ives Gammell.We might be surprised to learn that Oscar Wilde (see p. 48) had very generous things to say about Thompson's masterwork -- a surprise that is lessened when we consider the temperament of Wilde as poet in works such as "E Tenebris." Waldron's book is teacherly without being disaffectingly didactic; it is informative and genial; it is an unhesitant apologia for poetry as a force for good, as a genitrix of hope, in even the most troubled of lives. A proofreading note!In the sonnet found on pp 30-31 (section entitled "A Woman's Pity"), the sixth line is missing."That to my deathless progeny of pain / You should be mother," etc.
A Great Read
An inspirational exploration of the "Hound of Heaven" Waldron, whom I have heard speak on the subject of Poetry asPrayer, is well-grounded in the life and times of Francis Thompson andenthusiastic about his subject. Thus the HOUND OD HEAVEN comes alive forthe reader and reaches deeply into one's spiritual resevoir for silence andprayer. ... Read more |
13. The Hound of Heaven at My Heels: The Lost Diary of Francis Thompson by Robert G. Waldron | |
Paperback: 93
Pages
(1999-08)
list price: US$9.95 Isbn: 0898707455 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Lose yourself in this novel
The Heart of a Poet, Exposed Francis Thompson could have told you. Best known for his poem "The Hound of Heaven," an aesthetic meditation on God's unwavering pursuit of the author's soul through life, Thompson was both deeply religious and hopelessly addicted to opium most of his adult years. Much of Thompson's story is familiar to lovers of literature. Born in Lancashire, England, in 1859, he set out first to be a priest, then a doctor. Neither seminary nor medical school held him, however, and, after his mother died and his father evicted him, he ended up hooked and homeless on the streets of London. He attempted suicide at least once before submitting smeared and tattered samples of his writing to Merry England, a Catholic monthly magazine. The publication's editor, Wilfrid Meynell, ran two of Thompson's poems in 1888; their brilliance was confirmed by the enthusiasm they inspired in the great Victorian poet Robert Browning. Meynell went on to befriend the bedraggled writer, nurse him through a short-lived recovery and encourage him to continue writing. The support helped: By the time Thompson died a month before his 48th birthday, he had published three books of critically praised poetry plus nearly 300 essays and book reviews. In the late 1880s, Meynell convinced Thompson to spend some months convalescing in the quiet of an English monastery, and that's where Robert Waldron picks up the story. What if Thompson had kept a diary while living at the monastery, and what if that turned out to be the time he composed "The Hound of Heaven"? Waldron entertains these tantalizing possibilities by employing a clever, if initially confusing, device. Billed as a novel, the book opens with a prologue explaining that Thompson did indeed keep a diary while at the monastery. He hid it beneath a loose floorboard in his cell. The author of the prologue has recovered the literary treasure and here presents it in its entirety. Both the prologue and the diary are, of course, fiction. Like every artistic genius, but particularly those who died young after suffering unrelenting interior conflicts, Thompson inspires in many of his enthusiasts a hunger to know more of what fueled his passion. It's clear from this penetrating little exercise, easily read in one sitting, that Waldron is a serious devotee of Francis Thompson. Waldron has perceived that no amount of biographical research could uncover what it is of Thompson that he wants to bring into the light: the heart of a magnificent artist with much to teach Christians of today. He succeeds. While this work might merely intrigue readers looking for insight into a marginally important literary figure, it will feed those who read primarily for spiritual sustenance. Waldron's Thompson is a man desperate to prove his love despite the most abject discouragement over his own inability to change for the object of his adoration. Like any addicted Christian, he's built a long track record of broken resolutions, deaths to sin and rebirths in Christ. From such failure Waldron fashions a concise case study of the power of perseverance. Best of all, he pulls this off while avoiding didactics; the book's strength lies in its success as a character study and a story. "I am not afraid of being alone," reads a journal entry Francis Thompson never wrote but may well have muttered to himself. "Loneliness accosted me when I was young -- and won me for life." Later, Thompson records his humiliation upon first meeting Meynell. He's self-conscious about his filthy clothing and offensive body odor. But Meynell, he comes to realize, doesn't see a vagabond. He sees a poet. Thanks to Waldron, so do we. "Pain, which came to man as a penalty, remains with him as a consecration; by a divine ingenuity, he is permitted to make his ignominy his exaltation," reads one journal entry. "How many among us, after repeated lessonings of experience, refuse to comprehend that there is no special love without special pain! Dear Jesus, I thank You for my cross; never permit me to forget its special weight, its power, its saving grace." Evident in the writings Thompson did leave behind is that he was consumed by love for his Lord; his addiction severely compromised his free will, but could not extinguish his faith. Among all those after God's own heart, who doesn't carry a similarly crushing cross, even if it's not so completely crippling? Robert Waldron has done contemporary Catholicism a fine service. He's seen to it that a world inebriated on its own sick will gets re-introduced to a forgotten, gifted poet and a suffering Christian -- a determined pilgrim who was, despite his bouts with despondence, ever prepared to give account of the hope that was in him. David Pearson is features editor of the National Catholic Register.
Fear Wist Not to Evade, as Love Wist to Pursue |
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