Book 31 - Ted Hughes "Poetry In The Making"

[jazzy_dave]

Ted Hughes "Poetry In The Making" (Faber and Faber)






This is a student friendly discussion of what Ted Hughes calls "imaginative writings" and are drawn from The BBC program"Listening and Writing". He selects various writings from contemporary modern poets to illustrate his essays and thesis,and in particular - Larkin, Dickenson, Eliot,Plath and himself, to convey a sense that poetry can be made by beginners and how to go about it. As a primer on how to write poetry and improve the creative process, this short book of 128 pages is ideal. It is also an effective introduction to his work and that of other poets who have influenced him.

Comments

[cmcmck]

That one sounds interesting although Hughes is a disturbing character.

[jazzy_dave]

I know what you mean and he was not all that kind to Sylvia.

[cmcmck]

His second wife also committed suicide.........