'Manhattan weighed on his eyelid' : reading Ted Hughes in the context of four American writers
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Gillian M. Groszewski, ''Manhattan weighed on his eyelid' : reading Ted Hughes in the context of four American writers', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of English, 2012, pp 314Download Item:
Abstract:
The introduction to this thesis documents and establishes Ted Hughes' growing interest in
American writing while at Cambridge and suggests that Hughes' engagement with
American writing from this point in his career onwards was extremely beneficial and
inspirational. The introduction also considers why it is that Hughes' work has almost
exclusively been read in the context of his engagement with other British writers. At the
outset, the phenomenon of what Kate Clanchy has called 'the nationalisation of Ted
Hughes' is explored. Hughes' early recognition and positive reviews in the US are also
read in the context of two opposing groupings of poetry in Britain in the 1950s - the
Movement and 'The New Poetry'. Hughes' identification with American poetics and his
relocation to the US at the height of the Movement are considered as having been crucial to
his early success.
Author: Groszewski, Gillian M.
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Coleman, PhilipQualification name:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Publisher:
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