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Links & Further Resources
Last Updated: 15-iii-2007
Note:
Since there is quite an amount of further resources available, I've split this section into several groups. [Please use the Menu to go to any of the sub-sections.]
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Poems & Similar Material
- A translation into Russian of »Crow Blacker Than Ever« by Dmitri Sumarokov can be found on this site.
- Daniel Hart has created a Flash presentation of the poem »Hawk Roosting«, which you can watch at his site www.djh-graphics.com (select »Personal Work«).
- There is a selection of Ted Hughes's Poems at »The Beckoning«.
- At Gidleigh Park there are two poems about Gidleigh Park Hotel.
- The BBC has several poems and discussions of Hughes's poetry on-line. Some of the entires also give some background for the poems. You'll best find them through their Search option.
General Poetry Resources
- The Poetry Society — a very good British resource for poetry related issues.
- Contemporary Poetry Review — this site also has some essays of interest for those interested in Hughes's work.
- Find A Poet @ poets.org is a site with a comprehensive listing of poet sites and background information.
Background Information
Note: Some of Hughes's short stories (in Wodwo and Difficulties of a Bridegroom) are also set in Yorkshire, particularly in and around Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall and Mexborough.
Biographical Background, Childhood, Yorkshire, Elmet
- Mytholmroyd.net – a web site from Ted Hughes's birthplace, which has a large number of photographs and related information. There are plans to set up a Ted Hughes Center in the Old Train Station at Mytholmroyd.
- Photographs of the area where Ted Hughes spent his childhood in Yorkshire at the Hebden Bride Web web site by Pennine Pens (select ›Photos‹).
- Photographs & Information at www.yorksview.co.uk — a web site dedicated to Yorkshire.
- The Elmet Heritage Site at www.oldtykes.co.uk
- Information on Elmete at Tim Midgley's site.
- Glyn Hughes' pages. Glyn lives in the Calder Valley and his books, like Where I used to play on the Green) are about its history and character. He was a friend of Ted Hughes' and he contributed to The Epic Poise.
Cave Birds — Alchemy:
- The Alchemy Virtual Library
Readers of Ted Hughes's work or Ann Skea's study may find this site especially interesting and useful — a fine collection of resources and hard to find texts on alchemy.
River:
- Wild Steelhead & Salmon
is a North American fishing magazine which published a very good interview with Ted Hughes, much of which is on the topic of fishing. Apparently the site is currently off-line – though you might as well give it a try .
Children's Literature — Writing for Children
- Signal Approaches to Children's Books, the UK children's literature magazine to which Hughes occasionally contributed and whose Signal Poetry Award he received twice.
- Farms for City Children is a project Ted Hughes, like many other children's writers, was involved in. It is run by Clare & Michael Morpurgo.
- The Children's Laureate – a website with information on Children's Laureateship, the current Laureate and more.
Manuscripts | Archives
- Roy Davids Ltd — a manuscript seller and friend of Ted Hughes's. His site includes articles and poems. [On-line articles]
- Robert W. Woodruff Library Special Collections — is home of the Ted Hughes Archive at Emory University, Atlanta.
- The "Ted Hughes subject guide" New
- The Finding Aids for the CollectionsNew
- The British Library — have put up a website on the Ted Hughes Collection at the library.
Related Artists' Sites
Sylvia Plath:
- Sylvia Plath — Anja Beckmann's local site contains poems, some biographical and bibliographical information as well as links.
- Elaine Connell, author of Sylvia Plath: Killing the Angel in the House has just set up a Sylvia Plath Forum.
Illustrators | Collaborators:
- George Adamson — illustrated several of Ted Hughes's Children's Books (see "Publications" on his site)
- Leonard Baskin — a close friend and collaborator of Ted Hughes's in many books. Richard Michelson's gallery site has some background information.
- Leonard Baskin at the Artcyclopedia.
- Rachel Beckett is a wood engraver who has made some illustrations of Ted Hughes' Tales from Ovid. www.stuchburypress.co.uk.
- Jackie Morris — illustrated Ted Hughes's How the Whale Became.
- Chris Riddell — cartoonist and children's author and illustrator (Moon-Whales, Ffangs, The Iron Wolf). There is a short biography at the Anderson Press web site.
- Ralph Steadman — collaborated with Hughes on the two limited editions »In the Little Girl's Angel Gaze« and The Threshold.
Other Related Artists:
- Catherine Hyde, a painter, whose paintings are strongly influenced by Hughes's workNew
- Marina Warner
- Simon Armitage
- Glyn Hughes's pages. Glyn lives in the Calder Valley and his books, like Where I used to play on the Green, are about its history and character. Glyn is also a poet and he contributed to The Epic Poise.
Criticism & Reviews
- Roy Davids Ltd — a manuscript seller and friend of Ted Hughes's. His site includes articles and poems. [On-line articles]
- Diane Middlebrook, author of Her Husband. Hughes and Plath — A Marriage. Diane has a web site at http://www.dianemiddlebrook.com with additional information.
- Sylvia Paul has set up a web site: Centre for Ted Hughes Studies. Plenty of information for students and scholars alike.
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Keith Sagar — one of the most well-known critics of Ted Hughes's work, author of The Art of Ted Hughes and The Laughter of Foxes, editor of The Achievement of Ted Hughes and The Callenge of Ted Hughes. [On-line essays]
- Ann Skea is author of Ted Hughes. The Poetic Quest which focuses on Cave Birds, Remains of Elmet and River. Her book is pretty hard to find, so, if you are interested in details or would like to order it you can go directly to Ann Skea's Site.
Ann also has a large number of on-line essays accessible on her site as well as a lot of other useful background information, like her Ted Hughes timeline. Chapters of her latest project, a detailed study of Hughes's Birthday Letters and Kaballa, can be read online. [On-line essays]
- Richard Webster has published his essay on »"The Thought-Fox" and the poetry of Ted Hughes« on his site. [On-line essay]
- Thumbscrew , the Bristol based poetry magazine has published several essays on Ted Hughes, accessible on their web site. [On-line essays]
- The Literary Review has published several articles on Hughes over the years.
- 1Lit is a free European Literary Magazine. Their June 2001 issue included a controversial article on Hughes, »Ted Hughes: A Talented Murderer«, by Robert Wood.
- The British Council's Literature Matters newsletter from January 1999 (Issue 25) published several tributes to Ted Hughes by Dennis Walder, David Pease, Alastair Niven and Jonathan Barker. [On-line essays]
Miscellaneous Related Sites
- Roy Davids Ltd — a manuscript seller and friend of Ted Hughes's. His site includes articles and poems. [On-line articles]
- The Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory University holds a huge collection of Ted Hughes's manuscripts. Several issues of the University's news publications have reported on the archive.
Further Manuscript Collections
- are at The University of Exeter and The University of Liverpool. The British Library, too, has Ted Hughes manuscripts.
Other Related Sites
- Mytholmroyd.net
A web site from Ted Hughes's birthplace, which has a large number of photographs and related information. There are plans to set up a Ted Hughes Center in the Old Train Station at Mytholmroyd.
- Glyn Hughes' pages. Glyn lives in the Calder Valley and his books, like Where I used to play on the Green) are about its history and character. Glyn is also a poet and he also contributed to The Epic Poise.
- Northern Broadsides is a Barry Rutters theatre company who produced Ted Hughes's Alcestis.
- Farms for City Children is a project Ted Hughes, like many other children's writers was involved in.
- Wild Steelhead & Salmon is a North American fishing magazine which published a very good interview with Ted Hughes.
- The Alchemy Virtual Library. Readers of Ted Hughes's work or Ann Skea's study may find this site especially interesting and useful — a fine collection of resources and hard to find texts on alchemy.
- Signal Approaches to Children's Books, the UK children's literature magazine to which Hughes occasionally contributed and whose Signal Poetry Award he received twice.