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Remains of Elmet (Paperback, Main)
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'The Calder valley, west of Halifax, was the last ditch of Elmet,
the last British Celtic kingdom to fall to the Angles. For
centuries it was considered a more or less uninhabitable
wilderness, a notorious refuge for criminals, a hide-out for
refugees. Then in the early 1800s it became the cradle for the
Industrial Revolution in textiles, and the upper Calder became "the
hardest-worked river in England". Throughout my lifetime, since
1930, I have watched the mills of the region and their attendant
chapels die. Within the last fifteen years the end has come. They
are now virtually dead, and the population of the valley and the
hillsides, so rooted for so long, is changing rapidly.' Ted Hughes,
Preface to Remains of Elmet (1979) Ted Hughes's remarkable 'pennine
sequence' celebrates the area where he spent his early childhood.
It mixes social, political, religious and historical matter - a
tapestry rich in the personal and poetic investment of a landscape
that both creates and is inured to its people, whose moors 'Are a
stage for the performance of heaven. / Any audience is incidental.'
Remains of Elmet is one of Hughes's most personal and enduring
achievements.
General
Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2011 |
First published: |
August 2011 |
Authors: |
Ted Hughes
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Dimensions: |
200 x 132 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
88 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-27876-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-571-27876-0 |
Barcode: |
9780571278763 |
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