Wolfwatching (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ted Hughes
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Nature, Religion, War, Veterans, Hunting or hunters, Technology, Animals, Industrialization, Wolves, Zoos
The American publication of Ted Hughes’s thirteenth poetry volume, Wolfwatching, demonstrates the undiminished vitality of his verse. These twenty-five new poems contain many of his recognizable themes and motifs: his fascination with the primitive, mythic, and atavistic; his violent imagery; his sense of the undiminished savagery of nature; his shamanistic fascination with the world of animals; and his sense of the abiding mystery and horror of the natural world. There is perhaps more balance in this volume, however, between the human and natural worlds, even if Hughes...
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