The Wreck of the Deutschland

The Wreck of the Deutschland

'The Wreck of the Deutschland' is a long poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins with Christian themes, composed in 1875 and 1876, though not published until 1918. [ [http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1051.html Online text and basic information] ] The poem depicts the shipwreck of the SS Deutschland. Among those killed in the shipwreck were five Franciscan nuns forced to leave Germany by the Falk Laws; the poem is dedicated to their memory.

In the 90 years since the poem's publication, it has attracted considerable critical attentionReadings of the Wreck. Ed. Peter Milward and Raymond Schoder. Chicago: University of Loyola Press, 1976.] , and is often considered Hopkins' masterpiece.

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