Described by Andrew Motion as, alongside Larkin, 'one of the two
great poets of the last half of the last century', Ted Hughes
towers among figures of recent world literature. A creative force
of rare power and grace, Hughes's poetry engages with the
mythical and natural worlds to reflect on the strength,
vulnerability and beauty of being. With the time ripe for
posterity to see further into Hughes's works, Jonathan Bate's
rich and compelling biography examines those 'places of high
wonder' of which Hughes wrote as a teenager and brings new depth
and understanding to this most charismatic and fascinating of
poets: his life, his poetry and of course, his relationships.