Ted Hughes

by Gifford; Terry

• ISBN13: 9780415311885
• ISBN10: 0415311888
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

For the first time, one volume surveys the life, works and critical reputation of one of the most significant British writers of the twentieth-century: Ted Hughes. This accessible guide to Hughes'¬" writing provides a rich exploration of the complete range of his works. In this volume, Terry Gifford: offers clear and detailed discussions of Hughes'¬" poetry, stories, plays, translations, essays and letters includes new biographical information, and previously unpublished archive material, especially on Hughes'¬" environmentalism provides a comprehensive account of Hughes'¬" critical reception, separated into the major themes that have interested readers and critics offers useful suggestions for further reading, and incorporates helpful cross-references between sections of the guide. Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, Ted Hughespresents an accessible, fresh, and fascinating introduction to a major British writer whose work continues to be of crucial importance today.

Table of Contents

Life and contexts	p. 5
The childhood to undergraduate years (1930-56)	p. 7
The Plath years (1956-63)	p. 12
The Assia period (1963-69)	p. 16
From marriage to the Laureateship (1970-84)	p. 19
The Laureate years (1984-98)	p. 23
Works	p. 31
The Hawk in the Rain and Lupercal	p. 33
Wodwo	p. 37
Crow and Cave Birds	p. 39
Goudete	p. 44
Remains of Elmet and Elmet	p. 48
Moortown	p. 51
Season Songs and Flowers and Insects	p. 53
River	p. 56
Wolfwatching	p. 60
Rain-Charm for the Duchy and other Laureate Poems	p. 64
Birthday Letters, Howls and Whispers and Capriccio	p. 66
Stories	p. 71
Children's works	p. 75
Criticism and letters	p. 80
Translations	p. 87
Plays	p. 92
Criticism	p. 99
Reputations	p. 101
Language	p. 110
Myth	p. 119
Laureateship, history and politics	p. 128
Hughes and Plath	p. 131
Ecology	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 147
Chronology	p. 149
Further reading	p. 157
Bibliography	p. 163
Index	p. 168
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