Remains of Elmet

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext They are now virtually dead, and the population of the valley and the hillsides, so rooted for so long, is changing rapidly.' Ted Hughes, Preface to Remains of Elmet (1979)Ted Hughes's remarkable 'pennine sequence' celebrates the area where he spent his early childhood. Remains of Elmet by Ted Hughes celebrates the area of Yorkshire in which the poet grew up - here, for the first time, Faber and Faber reprint the text of the original 1979 edition. Zusammenfassung They are now virtually dead, and the population of the valley and the hillsides, so rooted for so long, is changing rapidly.' Ted Hughes, Preface to Remains of Elmet (1979)Ted Hughes's remarkable 'pennine sequence' celebrates the area where he spent his early childhood.

Product details

• Authors: Ted Hughes, Hughes Ted
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9780571278763
• ISBN: 978-0-571-27876-3
• No. of pages: 88
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Folklore; Landscape