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Letters to Ted
Daniel Weissbort
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Description for Letters to Ted
Paperback. A collection of poems in memory of the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156.
"Letters to Ted" is a remarkable collection of poems in memory of the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes, with whom Daniel Weissbort struck up a friendship, both literary and personal, during their student days in 1950s Cambridge. Swift-moving, by turns contemplative and dramatic in their narration, these spare, poignant, often diary-like poems conjure up a rich history of incidents and memories, creating a moving portrait of a great poet and a lasting friendship.
"Letters to Ted" is a remarkable collection of poems in memory of the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes, with whom Daniel Weissbort struck up a friendship, both literary and personal, during their student days in 1950s Cambridge. Swift-moving, by turns contemplative and dramatic in their narration, these spare, poignant, often diary-like poems conjure up a rich history of incidents and memories, creating a moving portrait of a great poet and a lasting friendship.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856463419
SKU
V9780856463419
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About Daniel Weissbort
Daniel Weissbort was born in 1935. He studied History and did graduate work in the politics of post-Stalin Soviet literature. He has published translations of several Russian poets, including Nikolai Zabolotsky, and a study of Joseph Brodsky, 'From Russian with Love'. Formerly Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa, where he directed the Translation Workshop, he ... Read more
Reviews for Letters to Ted
'An exquisite miniaturist... Though English by birth, Mr Weissbort has spent a large part of his life in America, and sounds quintessentially American in his writing'The Economist