Ted Hughes [Paperback]

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• includes new biographical information, and previously unpublished archive material, especially on Hughes environmentalism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.

Contents  Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. Life and Contexts  2. Works  3. Criticism  Conclusion  Chronology  Further Reading  Works by Ted Hughes  Select Bibliography  Index

'This is the best short overview of Hughess career that Ive read[...]Giffords volume will, I am sure, come to be recognised as the best starting point for anyone planning serious study of Hughes'- Laurence Coupe, Green Letters

'Drawing on recently availablearchival research and letters, Gifford has provided richness,complexity, and new contexts to his interpretations of Hughes'swriting. Gifford is also one of the few critl“(