{"product_id":"birthday-letters-ted-hughes-9780374525811","title":"Birthday Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormerly 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCountless 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 is a truly remarkable collection of pems in its own right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374525811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374525811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/1999 pg. 32","brand":"Ted Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046718992639,"sku":"9780374525811","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5dbeb164-038c-46a1-9eef-653f2ddfec1a.jpg?v=1684986083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/birthday-letters-ted-hughes-9780374525811","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}