Reading Ted Hughes

by Neil Roberts

Published 28 June 2019
Little Lits are short, sharp introductions to classic works of literature. This brilliant new study opens with a section on Hughes's life, including an authoritative treatment of the relationship with Sylvia Plath and the effect of her suicide on his poetry and reputation, followed by a review of Hughes's artistic strategies, his poetic language, and influences on his work, including his openness to mythology and the poets of Eastern Europe.