Description
A stark and powerful poetic portrait of Elmet—the ancient name for the Calder Valley and the West Yorkshire landscape where Ted Hughes was born. In spare, elemental verse, the collection explores the region’s weathered hills, industrial remnants, religious traditions, Celtic history, and the communities shaped and tested by the land. Hughes’s vision is neither nostalgic nor pastoral: nature emerges as both creative force and relentless reclaiming power, exposing the tensions between human endurance, cultural memory, and the raw authority of the earth. Fay Godwin’s haunting black-and-white photographs deepen the book’s atmosphere, creating an evocative dialogue between image and poem.
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Details
First Published
1979
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Remains of Elmet by Ted Hughes.