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The elegies of Ted Hughes
No full textThe purpose of this study is to make the case that Ted Hughes (1930-1998) is one of the pre-eminent elegists writing in English in the latter half of the twentieth century. Whilst his poetry has been widely criticised for its apparent preoccupation with violence and death, it is puzzling that the links these topics have in common with elegy have never been clearly verified. This might be because Hughes's elegies do not appear to bear the characteristics frequently associated with traditional poetic laments; however, as this study shows, closer scrutiny reveals not only many similarities, but also acts of resistance within the broader scope of elegy. Drawing on both established and contemporary critical debates surrounding Hughes and elegy, this study undertakes a comprehensive reading of the poet's major works from The Hawk in the Rain to Birthday Letters, whilst also paying attention to limited editions of his verse, including Recklings, Capriccio and Howls & Whispers. Posthumous publications, including the Collected Poems. Selected Translations and Letters of Ted Hughes, are accounted for. so that (alongside the chronological reading of the poems) Hughes's development as an elegist is fully realised. One of the aims of the thesis is to demonstrate that the poet's elegies are unified in presenting what I term the ‘actual'; that is to say, that Hughes does not fabricate sensations or forge experiences that purport to be beyond the realm of recognisable human endeavour. This I term his 'unfalsifying dream’. This is striking because quite often traditional elegies appear to present the opposite: a language which is ๐mate and images which are close to beatifying the deceased, putting them at a remove from human experience and existence. 'The Hawk in the Rain' is used to illustrate Hughes's theoretical position, especially in the case of his earlier war elegies and the circumstances of Remains of Elmet and Moortown Diary. He is both the observational, seemingly dispassionate poet (the hawk), capable of a detaching himself from the experience he wishes to relay in his verse, and yet, he is also the wanderer 'in the rain, one who is immersed in the momentous instant of his own language and experience. Like his personas, Hughes is divided. He is complicit with many of elegy's practices and traditions, but he is also a reformer and renovator of elegy, writing invigorating verse which brings the realities of mortality closer to the reader. In doing so, he reaffirms the significance of life and how this life might be better lived in closer harmony to poetry and contemporary ecological urgencies. 'The Elegies of Ted Hughes' aims to prove that far from being just a 'poet of nature', Hughes has been an exemplary elegist in our own time
Rear boarding stairs and tail of a Qantas Lockheed L-749 Constellation with another Qantas Lockheed L-749 Constellation in the background, Bangkok Airport, Thailand, ca. 1952 [transparency] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from list.; Condition: Fair, colour faded.; "749's at Bangkok"--Written on slide.; Part of: Allan James Hughes collection of lantern slides of Qantas Empire Airways.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4255912
View of Qantas Lockheed L-749 Constellation, VH-EAF, from under the wing of another Qantas Lockheed L-749 Constellation, Bangkok Airport, Thailand, ca. 1952 [transparency] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from list.; Condition: Fair, colour faded.; "Bangkok tarmac Qantas Constellations."--Written on slide.; Part of: Allan James Hughes collection of lantern slides of Qantas Empire Airways.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4256941
Tail of Qantas Lockheed L-749 Constellation, VH-EAC, with Tunis Air Douglas DC3C F-BAXZ, in the background, ca. 1952 [transparency] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from list.; Condition: Fair, colour faded.; Part of: Allan James Hughes collection of lantern slides of Qantas Empire Airways.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4252302
Qantas Empire Airways Lockheed L-749 Constellation with two crew members standing beneath the nose, ca. 1952 [transparency] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from list.; Condition: Fair, colour faded.; "Lawrence Hargrave"--Painted on fuselage..; Part of: Allan James Hughes collection of lantern slides of Qantas Empire Airways.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4253468
Qantas Empire Airways Lockheed L-749 Constellation, Blue Peake and Keith McKnight standing near boarding stairs, ca.1952 [transparency] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from list.; Condition: Fair, colour faded.; "Blue Peake & Keith McKnight"--Written on slide mount.; Part of: Allan James Hughes collection of lantern slides of Qantas Empire Airways.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4253691
Letting in the Trojan mouse: Using an eportfolio system to re-think pedagogy.
No full textCopyright statement: Copyright 2008 Julie Hughes. The author assigns to ascilite and educational non-profit institutions a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The author also grants a non-exclusive licence to ascilite to publish this document on the ascilite web site and in other formats for Proceedings ascilite Melbourne 2008. Any other use is prohibited without the express permission of the author.E-learning research, as an emergent field in the UK, is highly political in nature (Conole & Oliver, 2007, p.6) occupying a complex landscape which houses policy-makers, researchers and practitioners. Increasingly and more interestingly, the landscape is being shaped by the narratives and experiences of the learners themselves (Creanor et al., 2006, Conole et al., 2006) and the use of Web 2.0 technologies. However, as Laurillard (2007, p.xv) reminds us we still, ‘tend to use technology to support traditional modes of teaching’ and ‘we scarcely have the infrastructure, the training, the habits or the access to the new technology, to be optimising its use just yet’ (p.48). Web 2.0 spaces, literacies and practices offer the possibility for new models of education (Mayes & de Freitas, 2007, p.13) which support iterative and integrative learning but as educators and higher educational establishments are we prepared and ready to re-think our pedagogies and re-do (Beetham & Sharpe 2007, p.3) our practices? This concise paper will reflect upon how the use of new learning landscapes such as eportfolios might offer us the opportunity to reflect upon the implications of letting in the e-learning eportfolio Trojan mouse (Sharpe & Oliver, 2007, p.49)
Langston Hughes : "Salvation"
No full textFilms for the Humanities & Sciences presents in association with Heinle Publishing ; a Bruce R. Schwartz film ; adapted for the screen, produced and directed by Bruce R. Schwartz ; co-producer, Betty L. Spruill. Cast: Gary Leroi Gray, Lou Beatty, Jr., Ella Joyce, Haskell Vaughn Anderson III, Ibrahim Muhammad.Set in Kansas in 1915, thirteen-year-old Langston Hughes' aunt is well-meaning in her efforts to bring him into the spiritual fold. But a moral crisis results when Langston has to choose between pleasing his elders and being true to himself. Based on a chapter from Langston Hughes's autobiography, The big sea
Hughes family on steps of Marr's Plantation home
No full textDescription on back: L to R, Helen Jones Hughes, Marianne Hughes, Winfield Scott Hughes, Perry Bryce Hughes Sr., Helen Joanne Hughes, Annie Mae Scott Hughes
JH Hughes
No full textPhotograph of L to R: UNIDENTIFIED, UNIDENTIFIED, and Charlie Kunkel. Photo by JH Hughes, c. 1906
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