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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Ted Hughes: A Modern Wordsworth? A Modern Byron? Subtitle: Studies in World Art, Book 138 Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Tim Carper Format: Unabridged Length: 17 mins Language: English Release date: 01-16-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Of all the British poets of my generation, Ted Hughes, now nearly 20 years dead, left behind him both the grandest and most sulfurous reputation. The controversies he aroused rumble on, and the hurts, in certain quarters, are still keenly felt. The gestation of Bate's book, chronicled here, gives ample proof of this. The author began it with the full sanction of Hughes widow, Carol, on the understanding that it was to be a "literary life". Halfway through its composition, cooperation was withdrawn - hence the subtitle, "The Unauthorised Life". This has restricted Bate's freedom to quote from Hughes' writi