（精）Ted Hughes.ppt

Sylvia Plath literary style other information * Ted Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) life works literary style other information Edward James Hughes OM (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998), more commonly known as Ted Hughes, was an English poet and childrens writer. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death. Life Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was married to the American poet Sylvia Plath, from 1956 until her death by suicide in 1963 at the age of 30. His part in the relationship became controversial to some feminists and (particularly) American admirers of Plath. Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and writer. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956 and they lived together first in the United States and then England, having two children together: Frieda and Nicholas. Following a long struggle with depression and a marital separation, Plath committed suicide in 1963.Controversy（争论） continues to surround the events of her life and death, as well as her writing and legacy. Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry自白派 and is best known for her two collections 《巨人及其他诗歌》（The Colossus and Other Poems）and 《爱丽尔》（Ariel）. In 1982, she became the first poet to win a Pulitzer Prize（普利策奖） posthumously for The Collected Poems. She also wrote The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical（半自传体的） novel published shortly before her death. Hughes earlier poetic work is rooted in nature and, in particular, the innocent savagery of animals, an interest from an early age. He wrote frequently of the mixture of beauty and violence in the natural world. Animals serve as a metaphor for his view on life: animals live out a struggle for the survival of th