This collection will provide scholars with a fascinating detailed and important commentary on the work of one of the most celebrated of late 20th century literary figures, giving direct insight into Hughes complex mind. Keith Sagars relationship with Hughes began as a professional one, (he was Hughes bibliograher) but soon became a close friendship: Hughes felt able to write to him about Sylvia Plaths suicide and the achievements and aspirations of his children as well as critical appraisals of other writers as diverse as Hazlitt and Tom Paulin. Grant from the Philip Larkin Fund
