Customer Reviews
Collected magic. - By: Ms. Felicia Davis-burden, 11 Oct 2007 
Collected Ted Hughes is the Desert Island dream book. On the rare days when one can have some time alone with a book, this is surely the one to cradle & delve into with relish. My father reckons that poetry is the novel's poor relation. If he were to read a few of the magical works in this book, he would have to rethink his view. Hughes is the yardstick by which alll poets should measure themselves. Here is the unbelievable, beautiful & magical truth - here in this book.
Ted Hughes.....enough said - By: tonto, 29 Jan 2006 It is very difficult to sum up the poetry of Ted Hughes. I should imagine that anybody buying this vast volume of his poetry is already familiar with his most famous work, this delves much deeper into the progression of his poetry.
As one famous intellect once said (i forget his name) a 'real' poem gets better & better with each read.........this is certainly a book that you can go back to, a true timeless classic.
recommended.
Exceptional... - By: L. Wilkinson, 21 Sep 2005 This is an incredible volume of powerful poetry. There's no one like Hughes. His poems feel like the Earth, they taste of the clay & flow like great rivers. I've carried his 'Selected Poems' for some years, & now have the unfortunate task of getting used to the weight of this enormous book!
Thankfully, the editor has alllowed the poems to speak for themselves. With poetry such as this, there's very little a drawn-out Introduction or Preface can do. And it's alll here. Every Crow, every Pike & every Plath. The 'Uncollected' sections are fantasticallly engaging, as are the early, juvenile poems. And if you're new to Hughes, why not just buy this volume. It's alll here, & you won't regret it.
Ted Hughes, poetic and literary genius - By: , 02 Nov 2003 Ted hughes the poet laureate until his death in 1998, is reknowned for his use of landscape & nature in poetry. It is this romanticism of nature that is so perfectly encapsulated in this book. In short, if you love Hughes & his poetry you will simply love this hardback book. No question!
