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Oct 28, 1998 · edit data. Edward James Hughes was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 and held the office until his death. In 2008, The Times ranked Hughes fourth on its list of "The ...
Jan 1, 2015 · Renowned scholar Jonathan Bate has spent five years in the Hughes archives, unearthing a wealth of new material. His book offers, for the first time, the full story of Hughes's life as it was lived, remembered, and reshaped in his art. It is a book that honors, though not uncritically, Hughes's poetry and the art of life-writing, approached by ...
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Oct 28, 2001 · Weidenfeld & Nicholson £20, pp352. Ted Hughes died three years ago today. At his funeral, mourners - from his village and from over the Atlantic - were awed by his great coffin, for he was a huge ...
Eddins, Dwight. "Ted Hughes and Schopenhauer: The Poetry of the Will. " Eddins contends that Schopenhauer's pessimism "finds its fullest poetic realization, however, in our own time, in the verse of Ted Hughes. His menagerie–the hawk, the jaguar, the shark, and their ilk–fits even better than [D. H. ] Lawrence's birds, beasts, and flowers ...
Poet, playwright, writer. Edward James Hughes OM OBE FRSL (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) [1] was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 and held the office until ...
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.
