by Ted Hughes · GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571191031
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«Tales from Ovid» is Ted Hughes's poetry collection, published by Faber & Faber in 1997 in paperback (160 pages, in English).
The book brings together twenty-four verse recreations of Ovid's Metamorphoses, with episodes such as the fall of Phaethon, the transformation of Actaeon, the myth of Echo and Narcissus and the legend of Midas. Hughes starts from the original tale and imbues it with his own narrative and poetic voice, in a collection that continues his work with the anthology After Ovid.
The book was awarded the Whitbread Book of the Year 1997 and the WH Smith Literary Award 1998. Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.
Recommended for readers of poetry and classical mythology who want to approach Ovid through a contemporary poetic voice.
Edward James Hughes was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 and held the office until his death. In 2008, The Times ranked Hughes fourth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
