The poetry of Ted Hughes : language, illusion, and beyond /
Bentley, Paul, 1967-
The poetry of Ted Hughes : language, illusion, and beyond / Paul Bentley. - London ; New York : Longman, 1998. - vii, 129 p. ; 23 cm. - Studies in twentieth-century literature . - Studies in twentieth-century literature (Longman (Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-125) and index.
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Hughes and the Movement
The East European Influence
Hughes and Myth
Hughes and Shamanism
1. Early Hughes
‘Archaic Energies’
Language, Narcissism and Emptiness
‘A Utility General-Purpose Style’
The Influence of Sylvia Plath
Hughes and Romanticism
Language and Mysticism
2. Crow
Carnival and Trickster
The ‘Dialogic’ Word
Through the Looking Glass
Depression: A Style
3. Gaudete
‘Some Kind of Tunnel’
Lens and Landscape
The Use of Stereotypes
The Double
Language and the Double
‘Adventure Time’ in Gaudete
The Double’s Defeat
The Language of Gaudete
The Grotesque in Gaudete
The Epilogue Poems and the ‘Future Anterior’
4. Cave Birds
A Transformation Mystery
Lacan and Jung
The Semiotic and the Symbolic
The Hermetic Vessel as Semiotic Chora
The Shamanic Event
The Discourse of Depression
The Problem of the Feminine
5. Later Hughes
The Real as Obstacle
The Real as Trauma
The Photograph as Real
An ‘Internally Persuasive Discourse’
The Imaginary-Real
6. Hughes as Laureate
Works Cited
Index
This text provides a lucid and accessible introduction to the poetry of Ted Hughes, a major figure in twentieth- century poetry whose work is concerned with the forces of nature and their interaction with the human mind. It is also the first full length study to place Hughes's poetry in the context of significant developments in literary theory that have occured during his life, drawing in particular on the 'French theorists'- Jacques Lacan, Julia Kristeva, and Roland Barthes. The study sheds new light on Hughes's prosody, and on such matters as Hughes's relation to the 'Movement' poets, the influence of Sylvia Plath, his relation to Romanticism, his interest in myth and shamanism, and the implications of the Laureateship for his work. The poems are presented in chronological order, tracing the development of Hughes's highly distinctive style. The study also discusses Hughes's recently published non-fiction- Winter Pollen (1994) and Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being (1992). The Poetry of Ted Hughes is indispensable for all students and academics interested in contemporary poetry and culture.
0582227763 0582227755 (pbk.)
Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998 --Criticism and interpretation.
821.914 / BEN
The poetry of Ted Hughes : language, illusion, and beyond / Paul Bentley. - London ; New York : Longman, 1998. - vii, 129 p. ; 23 cm. - Studies in twentieth-century literature . - Studies in twentieth-century literature (Longman (Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-125) and index.
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Hughes and the Movement
The East European Influence
Hughes and Myth
Hughes and Shamanism
1. Early Hughes
‘Archaic Energies’
Language, Narcissism and Emptiness
‘A Utility General-Purpose Style’
The Influence of Sylvia Plath
Hughes and Romanticism
Language and Mysticism
2. Crow
Carnival and Trickster
The ‘Dialogic’ Word
Through the Looking Glass
Depression: A Style
3. Gaudete
‘Some Kind of Tunnel’
Lens and Landscape
The Use of Stereotypes
The Double
Language and the Double
‘Adventure Time’ in Gaudete
The Double’s Defeat
The Language of Gaudete
The Grotesque in Gaudete
The Epilogue Poems and the ‘Future Anterior’
4. Cave Birds
A Transformation Mystery
Lacan and Jung
The Semiotic and the Symbolic
The Hermetic Vessel as Semiotic Chora
The Shamanic Event
The Discourse of Depression
The Problem of the Feminine
5. Later Hughes
The Real as Obstacle
The Real as Trauma
The Photograph as Real
An ‘Internally Persuasive Discourse’
The Imaginary-Real
6. Hughes as Laureate
Works Cited
Index
This text provides a lucid and accessible introduction to the poetry of Ted Hughes, a major figure in twentieth- century poetry whose work is concerned with the forces of nature and their interaction with the human mind. It is also the first full length study to place Hughes's poetry in the context of significant developments in literary theory that have occured during his life, drawing in particular on the 'French theorists'- Jacques Lacan, Julia Kristeva, and Roland Barthes. The study sheds new light on Hughes's prosody, and on such matters as Hughes's relation to the 'Movement' poets, the influence of Sylvia Plath, his relation to Romanticism, his interest in myth and shamanism, and the implications of the Laureateship for his work. The poems are presented in chronological order, tracing the development of Hughes's highly distinctive style. The study also discusses Hughes's recently published non-fiction- Winter Pollen (1994) and Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being (1992). The Poetry of Ted Hughes is indispensable for all students and academics interested in contemporary poetry and culture.
0582227763 0582227755 (pbk.)
Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998 --Criticism and interpretation.
821.914 / BEN