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Ted Hughes (1930-1998) is a brooding presence in the landscape of twentieth Century poesy, not unlike the six hundred feet-high guide Rock which overshadowed his Yorkshire childhood. Hughes early experience of the moors and his industrially-scarred surroundings were the keynotes of his after(prenominal)wards poetical imagination: an unflinching observation of the natural world and the shaping, a good deal damaging, presence of man. Also important in moulding his esthesia was the strong dissenting tradition of this part of the world which would later feed into Hughes critique of the utilitarian rationalism of Western culture. Hughes grew up in Mexborough, a coal-mining town, and in 1948 won an Open expounding to Cambridge University. He began by studying English, but switched to anthropology: his encounter with the poetry and folklore of primitive societies would also be an important influence. Whilst at Cambridge Hughes met the ingenious but already emotionally vulnerable American poet, Sylvia Plath, and after a passionate romance they married four months later. Plaths remove and faith in her husbands ability hugely contributed to the publication of his ground-breaking branch collection, The Hawk in the Rain (1957).



This made an immediate impression, not least because it constituted such a profound transmutation away from the restrained language and ironies of the Movement generation of poets that preceded Hughes. With its virulent rhythms and diction, influenced by Anglo-Saxon, and its vivid, grandiose imagery, The Hawk in the Rain showed Hughes was alert to risk greater claims for poetry and to celebrate what the Movement poets fantasy should be repressed; primitive energy and the power of the unconscious. after a period spent teaching and writing in the United States, Hughes and Plath returned to England in December 1959. The following year see the publication of Lupercal which sealed Hughes reputation as a major(ip) poet and includes many of his most popular evocations of animals, including the...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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