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Ted Hughes: The Hidden Orestes

 

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The Hidden Orestes

Howls and Whispers, Hadley, MA: Gehenna Press, 1998

1175-76

Comment  As with the  Birthday Letters sequence Howls and Whispers has been interpreted in terms of Classical Mythological relationships. For example, Hughes as Orpheus mourning Eurydice.