The Poetry of G.M.Hopkins & Basavanna A Comparative Study

Basavaraj Donur highlights the literary tropes and philosophical profundity that could be observed in the literatures of the two thinkers- Basavanna and Hopkins and takes us to a higher plane of understanding, to demonstrate that they mutually illuminate each other. The writings of Hopkins and Basavanna, though unique to their social contexts, had a strange dialogue between them. Donur exemplifies this operative dynamics between the poets in a lucid and analytical manner. As a comparatist, Donur has examined the “self-genesis” of literary phenomenon in the context of Victorian England and 12th ‘century Karnataka. Hopkins’ poetics of “inscape and instress” and Basavanna's quasi-poetic vachana sahitya are emblematic of a literary amalgam that had no precursors. Donur locates a “missing intertextual link” across their works, establishes their place in the context of World Literature by coordinating interliterary mutuality between the two poet thinkers.