By contrast, Hughes marshaled a language of nearly Shakespearean resonance to explore themes which were mythic and elemental.” Hughes’s long career included unprecedented best-selling volumes such as Lupercal (1960), Crow (1970), Selected Poems 1957-1981 (1982), and The Birthday Letters (1998), as well as many beloved children’s books, including The Iron Man (1968). The stereotypical poem of the time was determined not to risk too much: politely domestic in its subject matter, understated and mildly ironic in style. Shaw, “Hughes’s poetry signaled a dramatic departure from the prevailing modes of the period. Auden, and Stephen Spender, The Hawk in the Rain (1957) secured Hughes’s reputation as a poet of international stature. Awarded first prize by judges Marianne Moore, W.H. In 1956 he met and married the American poet Sylvia Plath, who encouraged him to submit his manuscript to a first book contest run by The Poetry Center. After serving as in the Royal Air Force, Hughes attended Cambridge, where he studied archeology and anthropology, taking a special interest in myths and legends. publication, the title was Iron Giant.One of the giants of 20th century British poetry, Ted Hughes was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire in 1930. The Iron Man: A Story in Five Nights (London: Faber and Faber, 2005) * For the 1968 U.S. The Iron Man: A Story in Five Nights (London: Faber and Faber, 2005)
Unfortunately, it was easier for Hughes to smooth over the family troubles in fiction, which they could not do in life.įeatured Image: Tom Gauld. But Iron Man is eventually placated, and the story ends upbeat. So, the family spreads a cloth and unpacks “a roasted chicken, a bottle of milk, a bowl of tomatoes, a bagful of boil eggs, a dish of butter and a loaf of bread, with cheese and salt and cups.” Then, the earth rumbles and quakes, a crack opens, and the colossal Iron Man slowly digs himself out. He’s stopped when Hogarth, a boy in his early teens, figures out that the best thing is to dig a huge pit and bury him under a mound of earth when Iron Man falls into it.įor some years, people forget that the Mound is a burial plot, and when a family unknowingly decides to picnic there, they are surprised because they think they are picnicking on a grassy mound. The story is a fantasy about a colossal Iron Man (from somewhere unknown in the universe) with an appetite for eating metals-motorcars, power lines, and rusty nails.
The iron Man (1968)įive years after Sylvia Plath’s suicide, Hughes wrote Iron Man as entertainment to help their children Frieda and Nicholas deal with their mother’s death.
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