Tuesday, October 21, 2008

News at Eleven: The 30th point in his [Ted Hughes'] list

reads: "Your death--providing other people with life."

His 31st idea for a poem is: "How they built the mausoleum."

The pages also include spider diagrams showing themes he thought important to [Sylvia] Plath's life, such as the electric shock therapy she underwent for her depression, the publication of her poetry anthology The Bell Jar, jealousy, "being Christlike" and "You as traitor, tall-teller".

from The Times: Ted Hughes archive to remain in UK
from The Times: Erica Wagner on why Ted Hughes's papers are right where they belong
from The Times: Rough-hewn genius of Ted Hughes laid bare in unfinished verses

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