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1、学英语，练听力，上听力课堂！TingClass.comTEXT2Heemerged,allofasudden,in1957:themostexplosivenewpoetictalentoftheEnglishpost-warera.Poetryspecialised,atthatmoment,inthewrychroniclingoftheeveryday.ThepoetryofYorkshire-bornTedHughes,firstpublishedinabookcalled"TheHawkintheRain"whenhewas27,wasunlikeanythingwrittenby
2、hisimmediatepredecessors.DrivenbyanalmostJacobeanrhetoric,ithadavisionaryfervour.Itsmosteye-catchingcharacteristicwasHughes’sabilitytogetbeneaththeskinsofanimals:foxes,otters,pigs.Theseanimalsweretherealthingallright,buttheywerealsoarmorialdevices-symbolsofthecountrysideandlifebloodoftheearthinwhic
3、htheywererooted.Itgavehisworkaraw,primalstink.ItwasnotonlyEnglandthatthoughtsoeither.Hughes’sbookwasalsopublishedinAmerica,whereitwontheGalbraithprize,amajorliteraryaward.Butthen,in1963,SylviaPlath,ayoungAmericanpoetwhomhehadfirstmetatCambridgeUniversityin1956,andwhobecamehiswifeinthesummerofthatye
4、ar,committedsuicide.Hugheswasvilifiedforlongafterthat,especiallybyfeministsinAmerica.In1998,theyearhedied,Hughesbrokehisownself-imposedpublicsilenceabouttheirrelationshipinabookofloose-weavepoemscalled"BirthdayLetters".Inthisnewandexhilaratingcollectionofrealletters,Hughesreturnstotheissueofhisfirs
5、twife’sdeath,whichhecallshis"bigandunmanageableevent".Hefelthistalentmuffledbytheperpetualeavesdroppinguponhiseverymove.Notuntilhedecidedtopublishhisownaccountoftheirrelationshipdidtheburdenbegintolighten.Theanalysisisraw,painedandruthlesslyself-aware.Forallthemoraltorment,thewritingitselfhasthesam
6、erushandvigourthatpossessedHughes’searlypoetry.Somebooksoflettersserveasapersonalisedhistoricalchronicle.Poets’lettersareseldomlikethat,andHughes’sarenoexception.Hisareaboutalifeofliteraryengagement:almostallofthemincludesomemusingonthestateorthenatureofwriting,bothHughes’sownorotherpeople’s.Thetra
7、jectoryofHughes’sliterarycareerhadhimmovingfromobscuritytofame,andthen,intheeyesofmany,tolife-longnotoriety.Theselettersarefilledwithhiswrestlingwiththeconsequencesofbeingthepart-private,part-publiccreature
