Ted Hughes- Poems and Short Stories: The Spoken Word

Synopsis: The first of a pair of 2-CD sets drawn from the BBC radio broadcasts of Ted Hughes features live and studio recordings of the poet introducing and reading his own work. The recordings include his earliest surviving poetry broadcast, dated 12 August 1960, in which he reads ‘The Captain’s Speech’ from The House of Aries and ‘Thistles’ from Wodwo. The collection also includes extensive selections from Remains of Elmet and Moortown Diary, plus two complete short stories, ‘The Harvesting’ and ‘Snow’.

Notable extracts include a broadcast dated 6 July 1970, in which Hughes is interviewed on the background and meaning of ‘The Life and Songs of Crow’, which he called his masterpiece, "if I am capable of such a thing as a masterpiece". In another excerpt from a ‘Poet of the Month’ programme, broadcast on 5 April 1992, Hughes discusses his appointment as Poet Laureate.
Series: Spoken Word, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2008
Availability: out of distribution
Subjects: Drama; English language and literature; Literature
Keywords: archive sound recordings; radio broadcasting; short stories; Hughes, Ted; literature - 20th century; poetry - 20th century

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Price: sample tracks
Delivery: Streamed

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Notes: A range of audio publications related to the collections of the British Library’s Sound Archive. Historical topics, wildlife sounds, world music, art and literature are particularly strongly represented. There are also a few DVDs, videos and CD-ROMs based on holdings in the BL. Some of the titles are available for paid audio download.

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