Hughes, Ted (Vol. 2) - Hughes, Ted 1930–
Hughes, Ted 1930–
Hughes, a British poet of nature in the raw, of primitivism, pessimism, and natural destruction, is the author of The Hawk in the Rain, Wodwo, and the highly praised Crow. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
The particular tone that Hughes could create from the start is still there [in Wodwo]—an almost surrealist vision of half-perceived horror, fraught with implications of violence and destruction. In the midst of British poets safely recording the sensibilities of suburbia, he is something of a maverick, a touch of the apocalyptic in a tight isle.
Chad Walsh, "Poetry is Alive and Well in 1967 A.D.," in Book World (© The Washington Post), December 24, 1967, p. 6.
The most striking single figure to emerge among the British poets since the last war is undoubtedly Ted Hughes. The total volume of his serious published work remains...
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