Ted Hughes's South Yorkshire tells the untold story of Hughes's Mexborough period (1938-1951) and demonstrates conclusively that Hughes's experiences in South Yorkshire in town and country, educationally, in literature and love were decisive in forming him as the poet of his subsequent fame.
Steve Ely
Ted Hughes Mexborough South Yorkshire Mexborough Grammar School Old Denaby Manor Farm Crookhill John Wholey Edna Wholey John Fisher Pauline Mayne Don & Dearne Pike English literature poem