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At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art...

Ted Hughes is one of the greatest English poets of this century. He was a natural countryman who had a sharp eye for the natural world, a dislike of technology...

Forty years after it was first published, Ted Hughes's Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders is presented in a beautifully redesigned edition with a new introduction...

The response of one writer to the work of another can be doubly illuminating. In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces another poet of a different generation whom...

Crow was Ted Hughes's fourth book of poems for adults and a pivotal moment in his writing career. In it, he found both a structure and a persona that gave...

'To read [ Birthday Letters ] is to experience the psychic equivalent of the bends'. It takes you down to levels of pressure where the undertruths of sadness and endurance...

Author: Ted Hughes; R.J. Lloyd (illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light bumping on brown boards. Clean and sturdy copy.This collection of...

The book titled Winter Pollen: Occasional Prose by the author Ted Hughes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

When Sylvia Plath's Ariel was published posthumously, A. Alvarez in the Observer wrote: 'If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same time tender, open to...

The book titled The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Conceived as a collection of the editors' own favourite poems, The Rattle Bag has established itself as the classic anthology of our time. Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes have brought...

'Reckoned one of the greatest of modern fairy tales' Observer 'Hughes has never written more compellingly.' Robert Nye, The Times Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction caused...

Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster...

'A superb modern myth, a fable for children to grow up on' Independent 'A fiercely imagined, hugely challenging fantasy.' Guardian The Iron Woman has come to take revenge on mankind....

Lorca's B lood Wedding is a classic of twentieth-century theatre. The story is based on a newspaper fragment which told of a family vendetta and a bride who ran away...

Conceived as a collection of the editors' own favourite poems, The Rattle Bag has established itself as the classic anthology of our time. Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes have brought...

This volume contains all Sylvia Plath's mature poetry written from 1956 up to her death in 1963.The text is preceded by an introduction by Ted Hughes and followed by notes...

Author: Patricia Beer, Ted Hughes, Vernon ScannellBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of London, 1962Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis anthology, New Poems 1962, presents a compelling snapshot...

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their...

'Hughes is as broad as Ovid and as subtle, as violent and as erotic, as elegant and as folksy - and often all at the same time. It is simply...

Author: Ana Sampson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Could there be a more pleasant way to spend a warm afternoon than lazing under a tree reading poetry inspired by...

Author: Andrew Wilson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 On 25 February 1956, twenty-three-year-old Sylvia Plath walked into a party and immediately spotted Ted Hughes. The sensational aspects...

The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. Where had he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. Mankind must put a stop to the...

Author: Elin Cullhed Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A woman's life, erupting with brilliance and promise, is fissured by betrayal and the pressures of duty. What had once seemed...

The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. Where had he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. Mankind must put a stop to the...

'Reckoned one of the greatest of modern fairy tales' Observer 'Hughes has never written more compellingly.' Robert Nye, The Times Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction caused...

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was one of the writers who defined the course of twentieth-century poetry. Her vivid, daring and complex poetry continues to captivate new generations of readers and writers....

Author: Hugh AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Hill Of Content, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the poetic philosophy of Bernard O'Dowd, a significant figure in Australian literature....

Author: Hugh AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne, Hill of Content, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Hugh Anderson's...

The Iron Man isn't scary - he's just very, very hungry . . . It's not until he starts chomping on fence posts and tractors that he comes to the...

Author: Hugh AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Hill of Content, Melbourne, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly biography, The Poet Militant: Bernard O'Dowd, chronicles...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with honesty, conviction,...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThe Iron Woman: A Sequel To The Iron Man presents a compelling children's fantasy narrative that continues the ecological themes of its...

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This collection features 16 monumental works of non-fiction, encompassing philosophy, politics, autobiography, and practical advice. Spanning over two millennia, from the ancient wisdom of Confucius and Marcus Aurelius to the...

Author: Michael DrosninBinding: HardbackPublished: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a compelling account of the enigmatic...