5/23/2023 0 Comments The Iron Man by Ted Hughes![]() Hughes also translated works from Classical authors, including Ovid and Aeschylus. Named executor of Plath’s literary estate, he edited several volumes of her work. ![]() With Seamus Heaney, he edited the popular anthologies The Rattle Bag (1982) and The School Bag (1997). By contrast, Hughes marshaled a language of nearly Shakespearean resonance to explore themes which were mythic and elemental.” Hughes’s long career included unprecedented best-selling volumes such as Lupercal (1960), Crow (1970), Selected Poems 1957-1981 (1982), and The Birthday Letters (1998), as well as many beloved children’s books, including The Iron Man (1968). The stereotypical poem of the time was determined not to risk too much: politely domestic in its subject matter, understated and mildly ironic in style. ![]() Shaw, “Hughes’s poetry signaled a dramatic departure from the prevailing modes of the period. Auden, and Stephen Spender, The Hawk in the Rain (1957) secured Hughes’s reputation as a poet of international stature. Awarded first prize by judges Marianne Moore, W.H. In 1956 he met and married the American poet Sylvia Plath, who encouraged him to submit his manuscript to a first book contest run by The Poetry Center. ![]() After serving as in the Royal Air Force, Hughes attended Cambridge, where he studied archeology and anthropology, taking a special interest in myths and legends. One of the giants of 20th century British poetry, Ted Hughes was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire in 1930. ![]()
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