The Cambridge Companion to Ted Hughes

In the dozen years since his death there has been no great shortage of material on Ted Hughes. A substantial book‐length bibliography was published some years ago, subsequently updated in the year of his death (Sagar and Tabor, 1998), which laboriously tracks down his publications, most of which are still in print or easily obtainable. The BBC has dug out nearly five hours of broadcasts by him, now available on CD. In parallel with numerous other recordings, most of them still available, these make for a very substantial audio‐visual archive. A volume of his letters has appeared, together...