Elmet: with photographs by Fay Godwin - Softcover

Hughes, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571172881 ISBN 13: 9780571172887

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1994

Synopsis

Most of the poems in this book were written by Ted Hughes in response to Fay Godwin's photographs of the part of Yorkshire in which he grew up. Their collaboration was first published as Remains of Elmet in 1979. Elmet includes additional poems and photographs.

About this title

About the Author:

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber and Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid (1997) and Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.

Synopsis:

Fay Godwin is commonly regarded as this country's finest landscape photographer. Ted Hughes, who was born and brought up in the part of the world she has captured in these atmospheric studies, was inspired by them to provide a verse text, one of the most personal things he has written.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0571172881
• ISBN 13: 9780571172887
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136