Ted Hughes's poetry for children

Authors
Citation
A. Wilson, Ted Hughes's poetry for children, CHILD LIT, 32(2), 2001, pp. 77-90
Citations number
16
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Literature
Journal title
CHILDRENS LITERATURE IN EDUCATION
ISSN journal
0045-6713 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
77 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6713(200106)32:2<77:THPFC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
This article considers the poetry written for children by the late Ted Hugh es, the British Poet Laureate. Looking at work that spans the length of his career, this article examines Hughes's individual collections for children , both in their own terms as poetry and in terms of their intended audience . I suggest that Ted Hughes's poetry for children was an attempt, with vary ing degrees of success, to create a body of work that remained true to his gift of 'caging' the minute within real and imaginary worlds, and that he e xpended considerable energy in staying faithful, not only to the world as h e saw it, but also to the way his work appeared in, and took its place with in, that world.