Wolfwatching - Hardcover

HUGHES, Ted

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571141668 ISBN 13: 9780571141661

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1989

Synopsis

Wolfwatching, Hughes' 14th collection of poetry contains many poems in which nature is the subject as well as a number of intimate family poems.

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About the Author

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber & Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid and Birthday Letters. He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.

From Library Journal

Reading Hughes is like visiting a zoo envisioned by Hieronymus Bosch: we're caught between fright and fascination. But for all its terror and strangeness, the menagerie is a real one, its livid grandeur less a product of the imagination than of primal forces of survival--"Sculpted, as are all God's creatures, by hunger." Who but Hughes would describe a horse as "a top-heavy, twangling half ton/ On the stilts of an insect," or characterize the human soul as "A strange thing, with rickets--a hyena"? A retelling of the story of Adam, "Take What You Want But Pay for It," nearly wrenches itself from the page. In his 60th year, England's poet laureate refuses to mellow, dissecting fear and malevolence with an ever sharper blade. His new collection will no doubt cause more than one aspiring poet to cast their pens down in frustration and despair.
- Fred Muratori, Cornell Univ. Lib.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0571141668
• ISBN 13: 9780571141661
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 55