New and Selected Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (910 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571173780 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit. 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. 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. About the Author Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire.
An Abundance of Metaphoric Perception Shalom Freedman This 1994 volume contains selections from the following collections: The Hawk in the Rain 1957, Lupercal 1960, Wodwo 1967, Crow 1970, Cave Birds 1975 Season Songs 1976 Caudette 1977 Remains of Elmet 1979 Moortown Diary 1989 It also contains poems from a large number of uncollected poems. It has no critical introduction and we are not even told who made the selection. Thus it is most likely that it was Hughes himself who did this.These poems are rich in metaphor,
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
Another notable feature is the inclusion of poems from his books for younger readers, What is the Truth? and Season Songs.. This volume replaced Ted Hughes's Selected Poems 1957-1981. It contains a larger selection from the same period, to which are added poems from more recent books, uncollected poems from each decade of Ted Hughes's writing life, and some new work