{"product_id":"selected-poems-1957-1994-ted-hughes-9780374528645","title":"Selected Poems 1957-1994","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems from every phase of the career of a great poet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis selection of Ted Hughes's poetry, made by the author himself in 1995, includes poems from every phase of his four-decade career. Here are poems from Hughes's first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Hawk in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, and its successor, \u003ci\u003eLupercal\u003c\/i\u003e, which introduced him as a major poet; from \u003ci\u003eWodwo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGaudete\u003c\/i\u003e, book-length poetic sequences in which the natural world is made into a thrilling and terror-filled analogue to our human one; and from six volumes of his maturity, here arranged thematically, in which the poet is at once rural chronicler and form-breaking modern artist. The volume also includes previously uncollected poems and eight poems later incorporated into \u003ci\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, Hughes's meditation in verse on his marriage to Sylvia Plath, which became an international bestseller the year after his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374528640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374528645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2002 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2003 pg. 38","brand":"Ted Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047268544767,"sku":"9780374528645","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6afb886b-5d4a-40fd-804c-b0964cc0ceb6.jpg?v=1684989230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-poems-1957-1994-ted-hughes-9780374528645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}