This book explores the influence of sacramental belief on the works of three Roman Catholic poets: nineteenth-century Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins, Anglo-Welsh artist David Jones and Australian poet Les Murray. The author argues that these poets endeavour to enclose the ‘open mystery’ of the Divine while knowing it cannot be imprisoned.

Stephen McInerney is Senior Lecturer in Literature at Campion College, Sydney. He is the author of .

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Contents: The Enclosure of an Open Mystery – ‘Instressed … past telling of tongue’: Gerard Manley Hopkins – Containing what cannot be contained: David Jones – ‘Caught, not Imprisoned’: Les Murray – Conclusion: ‘The Crisis of Articulation’.