Birthday Letters: Poems - Couverture souple

Hughes, Ted

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0374525811 ISBN 13 : 9780374525811

Editeur : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999

Synopsis

Formerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of the few contemporary poets whose work has mythic scope and power. And few episodes in postwar literature have the legendary stature of Hughes's romance with, and marriage to, the great American poet Sylvia Plath.

The poems in Birthday Letters are addressed (with just two exceptions) to Plath, and were written over a period of more than twenty-five years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Some are love letters, others haunted recollections and ruminations. In them, Hughes recalls his and Plath's time together, drawing on the powerful imagery of his work--animal, vegetable, mythological--as well as on Plath's famous verse.

Countless books have discussed the subject of this intense relationship from a necessary distance, but this volume--at last--offers us Hughes's own account. Moreover, it is a truly remarkable collection of pems in its own right.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

TED HUGHES (1930-1998) published numerous volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction in 1985 and was appointed Poet Laureate of England in 1984.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374525811
• ISBN 13: 9780374525811
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 197
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