Ted Hughes: A Literary Life

by Neil Roberts

Book Overview

A comprehensive critical study of all Hughes's major works in the context of his life and times. This is the first critical book on Hughes that draws on insights from his unpublished letters and drafts. It brings to the poems new information about Hughes's early writing, his relationship with his brother, his time at Cambridge, his writing practice, the laureateship, the fall-out from the death of Sylvia Plath, and the history of Birthday Letters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403936056
• ISBN13: 9781403936059
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.6"