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Moortown Diary

by Ted Hughes
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Raw farming poetry for nature lovers

Moortown Diary could be a good read for those who appreciate raw and unfiltered poetry that explores the beauty and violence of nature. Ted Hughes's improvised verse journal is urgent and speakable, with a degree of intensity, sanity, and grace that is unlike any other poems. This book will grip your heart and intestines like a vice from the first page, making language as physical as a bruise, while also exploring the creatures behind the language.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Moortown Diary

by Ted Hughes
Compare to estimated retail price: S$19.68  

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ISBN: 9780571231805
Authors: Ted Hughes
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date of Publication: 2006-04-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Nature
Related Topics: Biography, Memoir, Natural History, Animals, Environment
Goodreads rating: 3.9
(rated by 109 readers)

Description

Originally published in 1979, Moortown Diary is the updated version of Ted Hughes's acclaimed Devon farming sequence, written over a period of several years in which Hughes almost spent every day outside, either gardening or farming. The introduction and notes (added in 1989) sketch in the background from which these remarkable poems emerged as an improvised verse journal, sparely edited, coalescing spontaneously on the page.'Moortown Diary keeps its eye firmly on the creatures behind the language. It's written in the style of Hughes's play translations: very swift and bright and urgent and speakable . . . Hughes strips away the protective layers - the soundproofed ears, the double-glazed eyes - that prevent us making contact with anything outside ourselves. Right now, I can't think of anything more important than that kind of poem. Because we're not just here to think about literature. We're here to try to wake up.' Alice Oswald, The Guardian'It grips your heart, and your intestines, like a vice from the first page. He makes language as physical as a bruise, and in these poems beauty and tenderness blend with violence.' John Carey, Sunday Times'The Moortown sequence includes some of Hughes's finest poems . . . They are like no other poems I have read, with a degree of intensity, sanity and grace that he has never equalled.' Anthony Thwaite, Times Literary Supplement
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Raw farming poetry for nature lovers

Moortown Diary could be a good read for those who appreciate raw and unfiltered poetry that explores the beauty and violence of nature. Ted Hughes's improvised verse journal is urgent and speakable, with a degree of intensity, sanity, and grace that is unlike any other poems. This book will grip your heart and intestines like a vice from the first page, making language as physical as a bruise, while also exploring the creatures behind the language.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.