Description
A wide-ranging collection of essays, reviews, and occasional writings, this volume reveals the imaginative and critical forces behind one of the twentieth century’s most powerful poets. Drawing on folklore, anthropology, myth, and the elemental energies of the natural world, the pieces trace a journey through English poetry while reflecting on the origins and place of Hughes’s own work within its history. Combining literary insight with vivid personal recollection—including his early struggles as a student writer—the collection showcases a voice that is searching, passionate, and richly resonant. It offers an illuminating portrait of poetic craft, tradition, and the visionary imagination.
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paperback
Picador USA
Published Jan 1, 1995
481 pages
ISBN: 0312136250
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First Published
1994
Language
eng
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