Selected Poems 1957-1994
Selected Poems 1957-1994 by Ted Hughes is a comprehensive collection published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on October 9, 2002. This first edition spans 352 pages and presents a curated selection of Hughes’s poetry, showcasing works from various stages of his four-decade career. The collection features poems from his early works, including The Hawk in the Rain and Lupercal, which established him as a significant voice in poetry, as well as selections from later volumes that explore the intricate relationship between the natural world and human experience.
Readers will find a thematic arrangement of Hughes’s mature poetry, where he serves as both a rural chronicler and an innovative artist. The volume includes previously uncollected poems and eight pieces that were later included in Birthday Letters, reflecting on his marriage to Sylvia Plath. This selection highlights the breadth of Hughes’s contributions to poetry, encompassing elements of European, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh influences, making it a valuable addition for those interested in the evolution of modern poetry.
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Poems from every phase of the career of a great poet
This selection of Ted Hughes’s poetry, made by the author himself in 1995, includes poems from every phase of his four-decade career. Here are poems from Hughes’s first book, The Hawk in the Rain, and its successor, Lupercal, which introduced him as a major poet; from Wodwo, Crow and Gaudete, book-length poetic sequences in which the natural world is made into a thrilling and terror-filled analogue to our human one; and from six volumes of his maturity, here arranged thematically, in which the poet is at once rural chronicler and form-breaking modern artist. The volume also includes previously uncollected poems and eight poems later incorporated into Birthday Letters, Hughes’s meditation in verse on his marriage to Sylvia Plath, which became an international bestseller the year after his death.
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