Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders

Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders - Hardcover

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Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders - Hardcover

Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders - Hardcover

by Ted Hughes
$19.95
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by Ted Hughes (Author), Leonard Baskin (Illustrator), Tim Dee (Preface by)

A beautifully redesigned edition to celebrate 40 years since first publication, and the iconic relationship between Ted Hughes and Leonard Baskin

Forty years after it was first published, Ted Hughes's Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders is presented in a beautifully redesigned edition with a new introduction by the nature writer Tim Dee.

The sixteen poems gathered here brim and bristle with the life Hughes generates from the absolute attention he commits to whatever it is he is looking at. His knack for finding a language to animate its subject, without a trace of sentiment or nostalgia, singles out Hughes as one of the truly great poet-interpreters of the natural world.

This edition gives full justice to the subtlety of the original watercolour illustrations, produced by Hughes's long-term collaborator and friend, the American artist, Leonard Baskin.
Number of Pages: 72
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: September 08, 2026
ISBN9780571394449
Author Ted Hughes
PublisherFaber & Faber
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedSeptember 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages72
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Ted Hughes, late poet laureate of England, was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, in 1930. After attending Cambridge University, he went on to become a well-known poet, novelist, and essayist with dozens of books to his credit. His last work, Birthday Letters, a poetry collection chronicling his relationship with American poet Sylvia Plath, was published shortly before his death in 1998 at the age of 68.

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