Brings together experts who inform new readings of Ted Hughes's work, with a new awareness of his posthumous importance.

Part I. Literary Contexts: 1. Hughes and his contemporaries Jonathan Locke Hart; 2. Hughes and Plath Heather Clark; 3. Hughes and Eliot Ronald Schuchard; 4. Hughes's literary legacy Fiona Sampson; Part II. Genre Contexts: 5. Hughes's writing for children Lissa Paul; 6. Hughes and drama Jonathan Locke Hart; 7. Hughes as literary critic Alex Davis; 8. Hughes as translator Tara Bergin; 9. Hughes as correspondent Joanny Moulin; Part III. Stylistic Contexts: 10. Hughes and voice Carrie Smith; 11. Hughes and surrealism Sam Perry; 12. Hughes and Eastern Europeans Tara Bergin; 13. Hughes and the classics Roger Rees; 14. Hughes's collaboration with artists Lorraine Kerslake; Part IV. Geocultural Contexts: 15. Hughes's Yorkshire Steve Ely; 16. Hughes and America Gillian Groszewski; 17. Hughes and Ireland Mark Wormald; Part V. Anthropological Contexts: 18. Hughes and religion David Troupes; 19. Hughes and Shamanism Gregory Leadbetter; 20. Hughes and the occult Ann Henning Jocelyn; Part VI. Historical Contexts: 21. Hughes and the Middle Ages James Robinson; 22. Hughes and history Danny O'Connor; 23. Hughes and war Helen Melody; 24. Hughes and the laureateship Neil Roberts; Part VII. Gender Contexts: 25. Hughes and feminism Laura Blomvall; 26. Hughes, masculinity and gender identity Janne Stigen Drangsholt; Part VIII. Environmental Contexts: 27. Hughes and nature Terry Gifford; 28. Hughes and agriculture Jack Thacker; 29. Hughes and fishing Mark Wormald; 30. Hughes's environmental campaigns Yvonne Reddick; Part IX. Educational Contexts: 31. Hughes and creative writing Hugh Dunkerley; 32. Hughes, anthologising and education David Whitley; Part X. Biographical Contexts: 33. Hughes's publication history Mark Hinchliffe; 34. Hughes's archives Amanda Golden; 35. Hughes and the biographers Claire Heaney; 36. The Ted Hughes myth Danny O'Connor.