Cambridge Companion to Ted Hughes

Informationen zum Autor Terry Gifford is an ecocritic and poet! the author of Ted Hughes (Routledge! 2009)! Reconnecting With John Muir: Essays in Post-Pastoral Practice (University of Georgia Press! 2006)! Pastoral (Routledge! 1999) and Green Voices: Understanding Contemporary Nature Poetry (Manchester University Press! 1995; second edition CCC Press! 2011)! together with six chapters in books on Ted Hughes. His seventh collection of poems is (with Christopher North) Al Otro Lado del Aguilar (Oversteps Books! 2011). Author of The Joy of Climbing (Whittles! 2004)! he is also a trustee of the UK's Mountain Heritage Trust. Klappentext Explores the life, work and literary significance of the late Poet Laureate. Zusammenfassung Featuring a chronology and guide to further reading! this book is a valuable and insightful companion for those studying and reading Hughes in the context of his role in the development of modern poetry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Introduction Terry Gifford; 1. The problem of biography Joanny Moulin; 2. The debates about Hughes Paul Bentley; 3. Hughes and animals Chen Hong; 4. Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath Jo Gill; 5. The anthropologist's uses of myth Rand Brandes; 6. Hughes's social ecology Terry Gifford; 7. Hughes and feminism Tracy Brain; 8. Hughes and the Classics Vanda Zajko; 9. Hughes as prose writer Neil Corcoran; 10. Hughes on Shakespeare Jonathan Bate; 11. Class, war and the Laureateship Neil Roberts; 12. Hughes and his critics Alex Davis; Guide to further reading; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Terry Gifford, Terry (Bath Spa University) Gifford
• Con la collaborazione di: Terry Gifford (Editore), Terry (Bath Spa University) Gifford (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521197526
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19752-6
• Pagine: 220
• Serie: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese