Title
The Cambridge companion to Ted Hughes / edited by Terry Gifford.
ISBN
9780521197526
052119752X
9780521145763 (pbk.)
0521145767 (pbk.)
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xxi, 194 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PR6058.U37 Z63 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
821/.914
Summary
"Ted Hughes is unquestionably one of the major twentieth-century English poets. Radical and challenging, each new title produced something of a shock to British literary culture. Only now is the breadth of his literary range and cultural influence being recognised. As well as his poetry and stories, writing for children, translations and prose essays and reviews, in recent years Hughes's own letters have received great critical attention. This Companion consolidates Hughes's life, writings and reputation. International experts from a variety of literary fields here confront the key questions posed by Hughes's work. New archival evidence is provided for fresh readings of his oeuvre with close attention to language, forms and the function of myth. Featuring a chronology and guide to further reading, this book is a valuable and insightful companion for those studying and reading Hughes in the context of his role in the development of modern poetry"-- Provided by publisher.
"Ted Hughes is unquestionably one of the major twentieth century English poets. Radical and challenging, each new title produced something of a shock to British literary culture. Only now is the breadth of his literary range and of his cultural influence being recognised. To the poetry and stories, writing for children, and prose essays and reviews have been added in recent years the translations and letters. This Companion consolidates Hughes's life, writings and reputation. International experts from a variety of literary fields here confront the key questions posed by Hughes's work. New archival evidence is provided for fresh readings of his oeuvre with close attention to language, forms and the function of myth"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Cambridge companions to literature.
Introduction / Terry Gifford
The problem of biography / Joanny Moulin
The debates about Hughes / Paul Bentley
Hughes and animals / Chen Hong
Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath / Jo Gill
The anthropologist's uses of myth / Rand Brandes
Hughes's social ecology / Terry Gifford
Hughes and feminism / Tracy Brain
Hughes and the classics / Vanda Zajko
Hughes as prose writer / Neil Corcoran
Hughes on Shakespeare / Jonathan Bate
Class, war and the Laureateship / Neil Roberts
Hughes and his critics / Alex Davis.
