{"product_id":"selected-poems-1957-1994-paperback","title":"Selected Poems 1957-1994 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTed Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems from every phase of the career of a great poet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis selection of Ted Hughes's poetry, made by the author himself in 1995, includes poems from every phase of his four-decade career. Here are poems from Hughes's first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Hawk in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, and its successor, \u003ci\u003eLupercal\u003c\/i\u003e, which introduced him as a major poet; from \u003ci\u003eWodwo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGaudete\u003c\/i\u003e, book-length poetic sequences in which the natural world is made into a thrilling and terror-filled analogue to our human one; and from six volumes of his maturity, here arranged thematically, in which the poet is at once rural chronicler and form-breaking modern artist. The volume also includes previously uncollected poems and eight poems later incorporated into \u003ci\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, Hughes's meditation in verse on his marriage to Sylvia Plath, which became an international bestseller the year after his death.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe masterful British poet and critic \u003cb\u003eTed Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-98) wrote more than forty books, including, in the last decade of his life, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTales from Ovid\u003c\/i\u003e; verse adaptations of Aeschylus's \u003ci\u003eOresteia\u003c\/i\u003e, Racine's \u003ci\u003ePhedre\u003c\/i\u003e, and Euripedes' \u003ci\u003eAlcestis\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726286909747,"sku":"9780374528645","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aEtKd1ZaQTc1eFcySXFIc0tpNGhGQT09.webp?v=1763733568","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/selected-poems-1957-1994-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}