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Birthday Letters

by Ted Hughes
Birthday Letters - Thryft
Birthday Letters - Thryft

Poetic reflections on love and loss.

"Birthday Letters" is an intimate book, almost like overhearing whispered confessions or reading pages from a secret diary. If you've ever been curious about the dynamics between Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, or if you’re looking to experience raw, evocative poetry that delves into the complexities of their relationship, this collection will likely resonate with you. Hughes's honesty and lyrical prowess make each poem a memorable journey through heartache and memory.

  • Whitbread Award for Poetry and Book of the Year (1998)
  • T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry (1998)
  • Forward Prize for Best Collection (1998)
  • Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció (2000)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Birthday Letters

by Ted Hughes
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ISBN: 9780374525811
Authors: Ted Hughes
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date of Publication: 1999-03-30
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Memoir, Biography, Autobiography
Goodreads rating: 3.9
(rated by 9884 readers)

Description

Formerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of the few contemporary poets whose work has mythic scope and power. And few episodes in postwar literature have the legendary stature of Hughes's romance with, and marriage to, the great American poet Sylvia Plath.The poems in Birthday Letters are addressed (with just two exceptions) to Plath, and were written over a period of more than twenty-five years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Some are love letters, others haunted recollections and ruminations. In them, Hughes recalls his and Plath's time together, drawing on the powerful imagery of his work--animal, vegetable, mythological--as well as on Plath's famous verse.Countless books have discussed the subject of this intense relationship from a necessary distance, but this volume--at last--offers us Hughes's own account. Moreover, it's a truly remarkable collection of poems in its own right.
 

Poetic reflections on love and loss.

"Birthday Letters" is an intimate book, almost like overhearing whispered confessions or reading pages from a secret diary. If you've ever been curious about the dynamics between Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, or if you’re looking to experience raw, evocative poetry that delves into the complexities of their relationship, this collection will likely resonate with you. Hughes's honesty and lyrical prowess make each poem a memorable journey through heartache and memory.

  • Whitbread Award for Poetry and Book of the Year (1998)
  • T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry (1998)
  • Forward Prize for Best Collection (1998)
  • Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció (2000)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.