Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English author and priest, considered among the leading Victorian poets. However, the topics that Hopkins discusses were not related to social and economic reform. Instead, Hopkins wrote about matters such as nature and religion. He also wrote about the difficulties of reconciling faith and doubt.
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