The elegiac aspect of Ted Hughes' poetry has been frequently overlooked, an oversight which this book sets out to rectify. Encompassing a broad range of themes, from the decline of nature and local industry to the national grief caused by the First World War, this book is a comprehensive...
Acknowledgements Introduction Griefs for Dead Soldiers Instinct for Loss Singers of a Lost Kingdom Moortown Elegies? The Fruitful River Dust As We Are The Sorrows of the Deer Epilogue Endnotes Bibliography Index