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- ISBN: 9780415311885 | 0415311888
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/12/2009
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poetry, stories, plays, translations, essays and letters includes new biographical information, and previously unpublished archive material, especially on Hughes'¬" environmentalism provides a comprehensive account of Hughes'¬" critical reception, separated into the major themes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.