Books by Ted Hughes
Tales from Ovid
by Ted Hughes
Ovid took some of the key Greek myths and made them into these wonderful stories. I’ve got lots and lots of different copies of the Metamorphoses, I think they’re essential. I could have chosen a straight translation, but I love Hughes's poetic voice, and the way he uses language.
Hawk In The Rain
by Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes is one of the gods of poetry and I always listen very carefully to what the gods say. His poems have wild power, and the language stays in the mind. This was his first collection and it’s wonderful.
Birthday Letters
by Ted Hughes
A brilliant, book-length sequence of poems about Hughes’ marriage to Sylvia Plath, with its devastating breakdown and her suicide.
Interviews where books by Ted Hughes were recommended
The best books on Adultery, recommended by Evan Zimroth
The poet, novelist and author of memoirs explores parallels between faith in the divine and commitment to a worldly erotic passion, and books that show you can have purity within licentiousness
The best books on Poetry, recommended by Gillian Clarke
In the first instalment of our Poetry Series, the National Poet of Wales tells us why many teachers are better than actors at reading poetry
The best books on Greek Myths and Mythology, recommended by Lucy Coats
Lucy Coats, author of one of the best Greek myth books for children, recommends her own favourites. There’s one for children, one for teenagers, one for scholars, one to read out loud and one that’s very definitely adult in content…
