To mark our anniversary, we have invited 50 Catholics to choose a person from the past 175 years whose life has been a personal inspiration to them and an example of their faith at its best
Lifelong depression, unbearable loneliness, unrelenting fears led Elizabeth Jenn-ings to be instit- utionalised for several years. She was complex and eccentric, “difficult”.A popular and prolific poet, she wrote about nature, friendship, childhood, love, art and the outcast, including the suffering Christ – subjects not of interest to the blokes of “The Movement”, Larkin, Amis and Co., with which she was initially associated. Called “the most unconditionally loved writer of her generation” and “the last poet of what used to be called ‘soul’&
06 August 2015, The Tablet
175 years – 50 great catholics / Dana Greene on Elizabeth Jennings
Get Instant Access
Continue Reading
Register for free to read this article in full
Subscribe for unlimited access
From just £30 quarterly
Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content.
The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive.
PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer.
Already a subscriber? Login