Ted Hughes : A Literary Life (Paperback)

Acknowledgements Introduction Formation and Juvenilia 'The Thought-Fox': Hughes and Cambridge The Encounter with Sylvia Plath Dreaming from America: Lupercal Wodwo : the 'Single Adventure' and the Death of Sylvia Plath The Making of Crow The 'Plath Wars' The Shaman-Poet and Masculine Guilt: Gaudete and Cave Birds Farmer Hughes: Moortown Diary and Season Songs Return to the Calder Valley: Remains of Elmet, Wolfwatching and Elmet Fisherman Hughes: River The Poet Laureate Writing for Children Hughes as Translator Mourning Plath: Birthday Letters Epilogue Select Bibliography Index