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Ted Hughes and Trauma: Burning the Foxes
Danny O´connor
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Description for Ted Hughes and Trauma: Burning the Foxes
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
This book is a radical re-appraisal of the poetry of Ted Hughes, placing him in the context of continental theorists such as Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida and Slavoj Zizek to address the traumas of his work. As an undergraduate, Hughes was visited in his sleep by a burnt fox/man who left a bloody handprint on his essay, warning him of the dangers of literary criticism. Hereafter, criticism became `burning the foxes'. This book offers a defence of literary criticism, drawing Hughes' poetry and prose into the network of theoretical work he dismissed as `the tyrant's whisper' by demonstrating a shared ... Read more
This book is a radical re-appraisal of the poetry of Ted Hughes, placing him in the context of continental theorists such as Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida and Slavoj Zizek to address the traumas of his work. As an undergraduate, Hughes was visited in his sleep by a burnt fox/man who left a bloody handprint on his essay, warning him of the dangers of literary criticism. Hereafter, criticism became `burning the foxes'. This book offers a defence of literary criticism, drawing Hughes' poetry and prose into the network of theoretical work he dismissed as `the tyrant's whisper' by demonstrating a shared ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137557919
SKU
V9781137557919
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99-15
About Danny O´connor
Danny O'Connor teaches at The University of Liverpool,UK. This is his first book.
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