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• WAXWORKS 2 FULL

The poems are unpretentious (unless you consider Eurocentrism a form of elitism).

Some of the poems provide a twist on the classic version of the characters, but many of them aren't very original and are merely poetic(?) summaries of the characters' canonical stories. The author conveniently provides a glossary at the end of the book in case you aren't familiar with the subjects. The majority of poems focus on allusions to Western literature (Greek myths, the Bible, Grimm's fairy tales, Shakespeare) but there are a few real people, too. Hughes avoids the trap that many poets fall into when writing a thematic book-the characters in her poems are varied enough to prevent the entire collection from becoming repetitive. Some of the poems Great concept for a book. Frieda Hughes is no Plath and no Ted Hughes, but she is a poet sure to entertain and provoke.more While some of her reimaginings of famous mythological, historical, and literary characters are trite regurgitations of language already written on these subjects, others are intriguing and beg the reader to reconceptualize the characters at hand.

WAXWORKS 2 FULL

"Waxworks" is the only full collection of Frieda's work that I have read, but I found it to be fairly interesting and inventive. The pitfall of many readers is that they expect an orgiastic amalgamation of the works of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes to be present in Frieda's writing, but Frieda's voice does not mirror those of her parents - it is her own. While some of her reimaginings of famou Many reviewers are unnecessarily harsh (verging on hostile) when considering the poetry of Frieda Hughes. Many reviewers are unnecessarily harsh (verging on hostile) when considering the poetry of Frieda Hughes. Like Wooroloo, Frieda Hughes's debut collection, the poems of Waxworks will haunt a reader's imagination.more As this volume proves, Hughes never flinches from difficult subjects and experiences. Hughes imbues them with new life in contemporary terms they experience the universal truths of love and pain and vanity that affect us all. She peoples it with figures from myth and legend, the Bible and world history, the famous and the infamous.ĭiverse personalities, such as Rasputin and Cinderella, Medea and Lazarus, Houdini and Lady Macbeth, have been reborn of their old selves in Waxworks. In it, Hughes has conceived and created a kind of poetic wax museum. Diverse personalities, such as Rasputin and Cinderella, Medea and Lazarus, Houdini and Lady Macbeth, have been reborn of t New terrain is marked in Frieda Hughes's brilliant new collection, Waxworks. She peoples it with figures from myth and legend, the Bible and world history, the famous and the infamous. New terrain is marked in Frieda Hughes's brilliant new collection, Waxworks.